General Discussion

He genuinely admires and wants to be like them. He hasn't spent as much time in this term lavishing praise on them by calling them tough and strong and smart, but he's made his love of what they do and how they rule their countries well known. His comfort with them is because he admires and wants to be like them. He sees leaders that respect democratic principles as weak. He doesn't like or respect them. The love of autocrats is what he seeks. The gifts and praise he gets from them only bolsters his fragile ego. He would still be more comfortable with them even if they gave him nothing of value. Un showed us all that by writing him "love letters."