This is what Putin does, he tries to get leaders he can control into power. Look at Belarus, Lukashenko is controlled by Putin. All Putin would have to get Trump on board was let Trump's companies flood Russia's market with products and perhaps even control industries. Pay to play.
Do you really thing Vladimir Putin can control Donald Trump? Seriously?
Trump is no man's bitch.
Maybe you missed it, but Donald Trump is clearly beholden to the few remaining RNC donors (mainly the ultra rich as well as the fossil fuel industry), which is why his economic "policy" is so laughably recycled from dolts like Mitt Romney and Ronald Reagan. It's easy to lose sight in all of the racist conjecture about crime and immigration, but the fat man is running on trickle down economics and abolishing the EPA.
Trump is pretty clearly the little bitch of the Republican party and it's embarrassing that low-information people think he would do anything to improve their own personal financial situation. A sad indictment on America's education system.