Patton called Rommel a "magnificent bastard." Was Patton hated for calling the German general "magnificent?"
Aren't you just planting agitprop?
-PJ
This is not a good analogy. Rommel was a soldier. He followed orders. And did it honorably and magnificently within the rules of war. Trump calling Putin smart and savvy with regards to the invasion of Ukraine was just dumb. Putin has proved to be neither