Putin Russified American conservatives such as the religious white right because that bunch never were individualistic and independent as they are in the collective of a “saved by a Jesus” groupthink,.
Putin’s miscalculation however was that Trump Russified his cult only on domestic social issues and the ‘invasion’ of the brown criminal people from south of the border.
TRUMP was never going to Russify his GOP on foreign policy in defense of democracy in Europe.
Trump failed to establish himself in Putin’s eyes on global defense of freedom’ as “the
leader being the ultimate authority” as it is in Russia.
For example, public opinion research shows that white right-wing evangelical Christians have increasingly embraced authoritarian views, conspiracy theories and is other anti-democratic and antisocial values.
It's science: Trump voters are dumb