Yes, I agree completely.
And, psychologically,there is also something really creepy about Drumpf's adulation of and need to curry favour with autocrats like Putin.  Not unlike a mid-level mafioso bowing before el capo.
As a porcine, 70-year-old with fake hair and sprayed on tan, Trump clearly sees in Putin a type of strength and masculinity he wishes he could possess.  
It would all make for fun gossip about your manager's weird predilections if this was just an office setting, unfortunately Drumpf and his weirdness is making the whole world nervous.