Do you remember when the Trads led the charge on "praying for the conversion of Russia"?  Remember how they were "godless communists" and Reagan was the modern crusader against them?  Like Trump, they admire Putin.  All of a sudden, they respect him more than our own leaders.  Unless memory fails me, the turn began when Putin got "tough" (i.e., persecuted) gays at the same time Obama was "coddling" them.

Another example of how Catholic traditionalists are most comfortable with autocratic leaders who implement their moral (i.e., sexual) vision?