Never mind that the Russian strongman invaded Ukraine and seized Crimea. Never mind that he supports the butcher Bashar al-Assad in Syria. Never mind that so many of his political opponents end up murdered or imprisoned. Never mind that U.S. officials suspect his government of trying to disrupt our election with cyberattacks. In Trump’s star-struck eyes, all of this makes him “a leader, far more than our president has been a leader.”
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Eugene Robinson: Donald Trump’s raging egomania
Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump walks to the stage before addressing supporters at Cleveland Arts and Sciences Academy on September 8, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio.
The most revealing moment in the presidential candidates' first joint forum Wednesday night came when Donald Trump told the world how much he admires Vladimir Putin.
