They can now. Maybe there was a “Trust The Plan” on the Russian side too? All the corruption that Trump is dealing with now and in Trump’s first term, Putin has already faced. Around about that time, Generals were swapped out. The military has been purged. The same corrupt oligarchs that tried to assassinate Putin a decade ago are gone - those left understand their lives are being watched. The same issues, feminism, transgender, lbgt at this end have been dealt with. The family is the head of society, not an alternate feminist agenda. Security of food, natural resources, manufacturing has made Russia not need any other country to trade with. This has allowed them to focus on infrastructure like roads, bridges, etc. Schooling is way above the West. Their military is the most prepared, capable and modern in the world. They are building their own space station. etc. etc. All the areas Trump is wanting to gut and improve, Putin has been there, done that.