National Review

Rich Lowry: The sources of Putin’s appeal to populists, from Pat Buchanan to Tucker Carlson, are manifold. They admire his strength in advancing Russia’s interests. They think he has the right enemies, namely the same establishment that also scorned Donald Trump…The problem is that all of this is abstracted from the reality of Putin’s rule, which makes him one of the world’s most dangerous men and an unworthy steward of the Russian people’s interests.