It may not be a surprise to you but it is a surprise to me because there are many other characters that he could be a fan of , he's literally giving Putin top billing here, right next to a picture of what seems to be him and his granddaughter.

What's next? Pol Pot? Stalin? Kim?

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hermanzegerman 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Well he certainly likes Kim

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/us/politics/trump-north-s...

	▲	defrost 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Kim wrote him beautiful letters, in Trump's own words, "and then we fell in love" * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8OG3U66X9w

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nozzlegear 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I really recommend you read Bob Woodward's four most recent books, starting with Fear[¹] . They give us a fascinating look into Trump's mind, and we get frank discussions from Trump and the people around him about how he not only idolizes strong men like Putin and Kim, but wishes he could be more like them if it weren't for the limits on his power and weak people around him (i.e. more feared/respected by his subordinates, able to command them with an iron fist, etc.).

[¹] The title of the book comes from Trump remarking to Woodward that "Real power is – I don’t even want to use the word – fear."

	▲	jacquesm 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That word works two ways: it shows that Trump would like to be feared, but he's not, it also shows that he's probably very scared, especially of the people he's sucking up to.

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mr_toad 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

He only likes right wing dictators. Even if the left wing dictators behave exactly like right wing dictators.

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blell 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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	▲	jacquesm 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Because?
	▲	actionfromafar 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yeah... Putin has many more nukes.