Wow that sounds so much like Trump... So desperate for the vote that he encouraged his followers to intimidate people at polling places known to have high turnouts for the opposing party. So insecure that his team had to photoshop pictures of when he was sworn in to greatly increase the visible crowds. And he is once again working up his followers to inflict violence on anyone that might vote against him in this year's election (targeting people of color and the LGBTQ+ crowds especially). I think Trump sees Putin as his idle, someone to live up to. If only his followers weren't so blinded by adoration maybe they could see that when Trump says he's helping people like them, what he really means is rich people who are nothing at all like his followers.