It infected many just before Trump’s election, and many are still infected with this sickness."
Sadly, the Old Soviet leadership was always deranged, that's why we had a 45+ year long Cold War -- to prevent lunatic Russian leaders from starting World War Three.
And one of those lunatic Russian leaders was then 39 year-old KGB LtCol Vladimir Putin.
He now rules over Russia and has announced his intentions to restore his Old Soviet/Tsarist Russian Empire.
Of course, many people today, especially those connected to St. Petersburg troll farms, keep their heads firmly buried in the sand, just as we did in the 1930s.
History teaches us -- the outcome today will not be better than what we got from seeking "peace in our time" in 1938.