He was never accepted, even while he was president, by the people he desperately wants to respect him. For example, other world leaders laughed at him in public and weren’t even surreptitious about it. He knows that, and it eats away af his insides.
Absolutely true, but it was like crowd size, seen through a skewed lens. He had the cult and sycophants at his beck and call every day. And, of course, he thought that Putin loved him. And he did and does. Puppets are valuable, as other oligarchs have discovered. Sad to say.
Nose pressed to the glass. The Presidency gave him a clue of what acceptance felt like. Temporarily
He was never accepted, even while he was president, by the people he desperately wants to respect him. For example, other world leaders laughed at him in public and weren’t even surreptitious about it. He knows that, and it eats away af his insides.
Absolutely true, but it was like crowd size, seen through a skewed lens. He had the cult and sycophants at his beck and call every day. And, of course, he thought that Putin loved him. And he did and does. Puppets are valuable, as other oligarchs have discovered. Sad to say.