The pro-Putin people on our site thought (mistakenly) that Trump would be a friend to Russia. IMO, he apparently was somewhat naive on Russia at first. However, after the VP debate, I knew that that would not be the case.
Vice President Pence on Russia:
(from the VP debate on Oct 5, 2016)
“What we’re dealing with is the — you know, there’s an old proverb that says the Russian bear never dies, it just hibernates.
And the truth of the matter is, the weak and feckless foreign policy of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has awakened an aggression in Russia that first appeared a few years ago with their move in Georgia, now their move into Crimea, now their move into the wider Middle East.