Two presidents

In The New York Times, Mikhail Zygar describes Vladimir Putin’s world. As I read, I kept thinking of another president.

Let’s see: hedonism, seclusion, an obsession with the past, an obsession with restoring “greatness,” an attachment to conspiracy theories, a belief that only he can save his country, a retinue of ideologues and sycophants. It all sounds too familiar.