First Trump makes Russia think he is a puppet by pandering to the narcissistic putin.. putler spreads propaganda and misinformation in the United states to get Trump elected.
Now Trump is using Putin once again
Trump makes a statement that he thinks Russia should attack Nato countries who don't pay thir fair share and that if elected president Trump will not protect them. Stupidly Putin sees this as a nod and propagandizes americans to vote for Trump.
Meanwhile in reality Nato countries who aren't meeting the goal of using 2% of their GDP on military spending now get scared and start spending 2% to keep America as an Allie. This will make NATO much more strong and it will weaken Russia in the global stage.
Thank you putin for being a useful idiot to help get Trump elected and to strengthen NATO