With the banners and the flags and the adoring fans? There he was on center stage, lying his ass off to the raucous cheers of his flock. A staged event meant to stir up nationalistic feelings. To make the audience and viewers across Russia feel an allegiance to their country and their Dear Leader. Ooops. Wrong picture.
I do not like Trump. He did some good, but overall I would just as soon he disappear. However, when you compare Trump to Putin, you have gone too far.