Spot on B! I would only add, that the US Democracy was on life support before Trump. Note: https://medium.com/@daneke/a-requiem-for-american-democracy-5aa717cc7f40 As for Putin and Trump, they prefer a system where they put political opponents in prison and then can't find them. And, if they flee the country they track them down and poison them. All the while stealing everything not tied down. It is called Kleptocracy (rules of thieves) and the fact that a third of Americans want it, tells us they don't know what it is, or who Trump is. And telling them only makes them more spiteful. My mother used to call this attitude "cutting off your noise to spite your face".

Trump has turned politics into terrorism, and self-mutilation.