I never thought of that until reading your comment.
We have no idea as to how much media and our lousy government hype is a pack of lies about Vlad.
Think back to his comments about Putin in Syria. Only Trump was saying that Russia should be treated as an ally in Syria, that they are already there and are doing the right thing. All the other candidates were stuck in 1980’s thinking.
As far as Ukraine, well that country has been a buffer for Russia for hundreds upon hundreds of years.
Crimea? Well, it was Russia’s warm water port. What did anyone think they were going to do? They never should have given it up to begin with and Putin knew it.
They’re a good ally in the war on terror and they don’t screw around.