I tend to be relatively tough emotionally - I honestly couldn't give a rat's a$$ what strangers think of me. It's okay for a Prez (or pols generally) to take an interest in public opinion, but not to be as thin-skinned as His Royal Orangeness. The "leader of the free world" can NOT afford to display such a profound insecurity.
Anyone who fawns over him owns him. Putin knows that. SIGH. Thank you for your reply Sbf. Trump is so easily played. Everyone knows it. I'm sure we shall see the worst-case scenario resulting from his enormous and multiple inadequacies. :(