> I saw a clip on the news recently of a reporter badgering Trump about his intent to create closer ties to Putin. "He's a murderer, he's killing innocent civillians", the reporter states as though this is particularly important. The President responded with something along the lines of "And we're so much better?".

Yes "we" are. The west doesn't murder people for their politics or their opposition to people in power. This false equivalency only empowers aspirating dictators to act worse.