Putin’s Victory Speech

On Sunday, Vladimir Putin won his 4th term presidency in Russia. With 74% of the votes, it’s hard to argue that it wasn’t a landslide, though watchdog groups in Russia are reporting, rather matter of factly, that it was hardly fair, with reports of ballot stuffing and voter coercion, among other things, contributing to Putin’s successful campaign. From the outside, we watch that, and think “What an alarming misuse of power! Putin is a monster!” Also from the outside, I imagine Donald Trump watches that and thinks “Oh man…one day that’ll be me.”