It drives me nuts when I hear people who should know better, talking about Putin fighting along side of us against terrorism - And that’s our common goal. BALONEY.
The only terrorism/terrorists that Putin cares about, are the ones in his country, or the ones getting in the way of his plans.
It's nothing new for him. For a long time he's been sending radical muslims and terrorists into Europe with the intent to (further) destabilize it, in order to give him cover for his broader expansionist aims. The guy is out to basically restore the evil empire that was the Soviet Union, and then-some with the substantial addition of the oil/gas-rich Middle East. Trump's closest advisers, including Mike Pence and Jeff Sessions, fully get and understand this. Thank God he was wise enough to bring them onto the team.