Putin is not exactly a good guy.
With that said I don’t see that the R party has a Putin wing. Some of us have pointed out that it’d be nice if we had a leader who loved America the way Putin loves Russia.
I think we should cooperate with them where it serves our interest. We should oppose them where it serves our interest. And we should never, ever, turn our backs to them.
Reagan believed in trust but verify. It’s still relevant today. So yes, we should work with them against Islamic terrorism and to keep China’s territorial ambitions in check.
We should oppose the Russians when they try to make more land grabs in Europe. The whole thing with Ukraine was a travesty that a strong American president could likely have prevented.
The Russians need to understand that aggression against our Eastern European allies won’t be tolerated.
We need to do no such thing in Europe. Let the Europeans funds and man their own defense against Russia. If they want to pay for the whole thing and some profit for the USA, then maybe but it’s not our job to defend Europe from Russia. Given europes inviting Muslim invaders into Europe recently it might be better in some regards anyway.
That goes for about 90% of all World Leaders.