comments. he's talked about how other republicans are simply jealous that they're not getting the same endorse am. of course, that cuts against what most republicans have said about the russian leader in the last several years. they've been very critical of vladimir putin and talking about how russia is one of the united states' top adversaries in the world. donald trump showing that he didn't feel that way at all. >> as jeremy diamond pointed out, there's growing criticism over the praise that russian president vladimir putin gave to donald trump. jill dougherty, explained what's behind the apparent bromance. >> it does seem kind of strange, but don't forget that vladimir putin is a former kgb officer and he reads people extremely well. so i think, number one, he was playing to the ego of donald trump. and then also president putin has this kind of tough guy image