Putin is 'essentially trolling the US' by complimenting Trump, and the Brexit vote explains why

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have been quite complimentary of each other during the brash billionaire's bid for the US presidency.
First, the presumptive Republican nominee suggested in December that he'd welcome deeper relations with Russia if he won the White House. Then, the Russian president praised Trump as "very talented" and said that he was an "absolute leader of the presidential race."
Trump responded that it was a "great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly res