Actually a large number of Americans agree with him. According to the Reuters election day poll:
75 percent agree that "America needs a strong leader to take the country back from the rich and powerful."
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...KBN1332NC?il=0
Voters on the left and the right are tired of being cheated by corporate oligarchs and other vested interests. They use courts, media, and money in politics to block any change that threatens their interests.
Putin would not have happened if not for the unrestrained greed of the oligarchs.