If anyone doubts that Putin murdered his own people to further his career, no worries. The wannabe strongman still shouldnt presume to lecture on democratic norms after murdering journalists and rivals.
Maybe Trump missed this affront because democracy has become a popular buzzword. Of the 192 countries on the current globe, 123 identify as democratic whether or not they actually live up to it. But free government is the exception to the historical rule. It doesnt happen often in the course of human history that the government exists for the benefit of the governed.
It is more than a national security threat that Russians meddled in our election. It is an affront. We didnt invent democracy but we made it modern and we made it work. Our Constitution has been an example to the world and our experiment in peaceful transitions of power is downright miraculous. A better president would know this and would have told Putin to shove it.