Trump would just praise Putin: well, in any analysis of the situation here (and don't try the diversion used above of talking about Ukraine or other things, the topic was The Trade), Putin deserves praise and Biden scorn. He received a former first round pick and gave up an undrafted free agent. Clearly, he won the trade and is worthy of praise.
Trump talked about leaving NATO: that's true, but you leave out the not so little detail that his position was NATO needed us more than we needed NATO and it was time that everyone else payed up as they had agreed so that we stopped funding everything for NATO. Guess what? They started paying.
There is a ton for which to pick on the orange narcissist, but "praising Putin" was just part of the russia, russia, russia fabrication and smear. There are aspects on which one can legitimately praise Putin. It doesn't mean you are his lapdog, fear him, or lick his boots. Trump would never have made this trade. Period. On NATO, the blowhard won. Other countries started paying and we are still in it. Rag on him all you want and let the inherent bias show through, but there are examples that actually support the hate.