A top adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin praised “very special” Donald Trump for ushering in the era of ‘putinism’ in the United States.
Alexander Dugin, a Russian philosopher and political theorist often referred to as ‘Putin’s brain,’ joined CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Sunday to explain comments in his latest book declaring that “Putinism has won in the United States.”
Dugin lavished praises on Trump, referring to him as “something very special” and a “charismatic leader” who “represents a kind of ideology that changes the balance of the power in the world.”
“We have a different United States, not the stronghold and the headquarter of globalism, but the kind of sovereign national state, global power, with traditional values as well with totally different agenda on the level on the international affair, and these new conditions, I think that Putin’s Russia and Putin personally, stops to be the main enemy, the main evil guy, bad guy,” he continued.
“Now, immediately, we have discovered many points that are common for the United States of America — Trump’s America and Putin’s Russia,” Dugin added.
Dugin went on to say “realism in international affairs” and defense of “Christian faith” are just two examples of how Trump’s America and Putin’s Russia are aligned.
Though Dugin admitted that it is still too early to tout “the real alliance between U.S. and Russia against Europe” he suggested that the US ending its support for Ukraine during Russia’s unprovoked invasion is a step towards forming that alliance.
“I think that if, for example, Trump would withdraw United States from the war against us in Ukraine, there could be a situation that we will fight against European globalists, European liberals in Ukraine without America,” Dugin said.
“I think that Trump, sooner or later, and maybe sooner than we presume, he will discover that Putin has absolutely nothing against United States, no reason to continue the fight, no reason to oppose, no field of competition, and that is different from China,” he added.
