Putin’s likely thinking about the future of the West with this Islamist takeover and what that would mean for Russia.
Sen Tom Cotton serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee. He said last week that when Trump starts getting his national security briefings this week, we can expect his opinion of Russia and Putin to change.
Cotton is a Trump supporter and a knowledgeable guy re: military and international affairs. He believes that Putin is very anti-American.
I think we can take him at his word.