Quote Originally Posted by Shaka_Khan View Post
Putin wouldn't want Trump to get deposed. Putin wants to continue to use him. One way to achieve this is to make it not too obvious.
Trump is taking the USA in a rather isolationist direction and damaging relationships all around the globe by doing things that other countries just didn't think the USA would do - and once it happens under one president it might happen again.

I'm not sure what more Putin would realistically expect in just over a year.