I have no idea. Again, it's about what Putin does. But we can look at what he do know. He will poison people in public to send a message that he's some kind of special tough guy. It's actually a miracle innocent people didn't get sick. When the U.S. killed that family of 10 in Afghanistan it owned up to it (but in the end, keeps on doing it). When Putin got hundreds killed on an airline because he gave anti-air systems to idiots he still maintains Ukraine shot it down. And of course, there is the Baseball Championship ring he was given to look at but wouldn't give back. Putin is all of us. In that part of your argument I agree. Like you, I love to figure out how things are broken and fix thing. Most people don't want to be fixed. Why movies like "Cool Hand Luke" resonate.

As for Obama. He is so full of himself it's almost comical. Don't get me wrong. I thought he was a good President, all in all. But he (and Hillary) are extreme and complete fakes which is part of the reason Trump won. I mean fake in the sense that they don't recognize the lies they tell about fixing things that can't be fixed. Who will come after Biden? A fuck you President of course.

Sorry for the ramble!