Putin didn't expect that 23% of eligible voters would be dumb enough to put his candidate in office. No doubt the Russian government has been working out how to collect on the debts that Trumpski owes it, as well as other holds it may have on him (sexual blackmail tapes from previous visits to Moscow, financing from Russian mob banks, etc.).

It goes some way to explaining why some of the early Trump moves have included weakening U.S. defence commitments to NATO and other allies, attacking U.S. trade agreements, and gutting U.S. intelligence agencies.