There's no mystery about why Trump fawns over Putin and is keen to do his bidding.
In fact I am always bemused when some commentators/pundits look confused, clearly unable to figure out why Trump does what he does and saying so. There’s no mystery.
Sure the Orange Narcissist loves authoritarians.
But it's much deeper than that.
Putin owns Trump - Trump was bailed out by Russian oligarchs when no reputable bank would touch him after his multiple bankruptcies.
As Trump's halfwit son admitted: "We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia."
Thanks junior for telling us something we didn't already know.
(How are those "adoptions" going by the way?)
Those oligarchs and fellow Russian criminals poured many, many millions into Trump properties - money laundering pure and simple.
Then came Putin's interference in the election - initially he wanted to just cause confusion generally, then he swung behind Trump when it looked like he could win.
I am sure there is plenty of other "kompromat" on the Orange Liar too.
Of course it's not just Trump the Russians have been solidly supporting - the GOP, NRA and Brexit are just some of Putin's other beneficiaries.
We now have a situation where the Russians are running the US President and large segments of the Republican Party.
What a mess and a dangerous one at that.
But above all, it’s as clear as day what happened.