How many Americans dislike Mr. Putin? Doesn’t seem unusual for a competitor’s and possible opponent’s citizenry to feel that way.
Putin’s “mission” is very simple. He wants to reconstruct the old USSR that he grew up in. Good luck with that. It’s what the Crimea gambit was all about. We should put serious military bases in Poland and the Baltic Countries, because they are likely targets of Putin’s illegal expansionism.
It’s funny though, in China they seem to publicly ADORE Mr. Trump. ‘UUUUUGE IN CHINA!!!!