It's pretty strange, and it seems incomprehensible to normal people ... my only thought is that Trump is such a narcissist that he would not recognize that gesture as insincere.
๐๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐'๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ! ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐บ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด! ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ!
If famous people took one for the team and sought to influence Trump with flattery, they could counter Putin's influence.