Countdown to Catastrophe: The Russian Model

Calling out business owners in public.  Doing his best to muzzle the media. Starting wars and swaggering to maintain his popularity.  Encouraging rivalries among his advisers, distancing himself from day-to-day decisions, and firing unpopular subordinates with great fanfare.  Using corruption as a mechanism to maintain discipline.  Trying to remain unpredictable.

Is it Putin or Trump?  You decide.