himself look like a puppet master. >> that's exactly right, it's not just at home it's also in eastern europe. he's just trying to recreate the old russian empire and make it as big as he can. he strained to say on the puppetmaster, and i am expanding russia and i'm restoring the glory of old russia. it's all right, you russians, that you are suffering. because of sacrifice for the cause of the motherland. >> tucker: that's a familiar theme in russian history. what i didn't realize until i read your piece that right after the election were democrats in the country were howling that trumped one because of putin, the russian media were parroting that. >> that's right. the disadvantage that putin has, he controls every word the media say. we know what he's thinking all the time. you just read the media because he's approving what they say. right after the election, the russian media celebrated, they said trump is our friend, but only for a few days, then they said wait a minute, look at