putin have pouring into the gop for a long time, and almost all the right wing governments elsewhere, why do you think the sudden rise of right wing govt all at once, plus they also fund alt-right groups like racial supremcy groups. isreal is similar, just by the USA (which is the most right wing western country even before trump)

Yet, he will lose to Ukraine.

First past the post is also forever broken as it inevitably leads to a two-party system.

I mean, they aren't particularly smart and will make huge blunders. But they're still smarter than those neoliberals who try to keep the empire running like a cartoon character in midair