Oh he has potential to be sure. But the hysteria over this makes a lot of people look like total idiots. There are 3 or 4 in particular that need thorazine. And boy do there seem to be a lot of them on the Putin threads.
I think it’s projection. They secretly desire Vlad to conquer them.
“...They secretly desire Vlad to conquer them....”
Hence, the bear rider imagery...
or maybe it’s “Bare” rider... I dunno...