Basically the US needs a 'enlightened dictator' like FDR (he was literally the smartest and most powerful president in US history) to save the country. This is why there are tons of Americans that wish that God was with America and Trump was chosen by Jesus to save America.
The problem is that Trump and his people are deranged and God is not here to help America...
Putin and Xi are well liked by their people (who are not brainwashed like the North Koreans but are quite intelligent and aware of the outside world) despite their 'issues' because they see the alternative as much worse (chaos). From what I've seen Putin is actually quite a capable strategist/communicator and CEO of the Russian Duma. But the state and the FSB will kill people that threaten the security of his dictatorship. There is a lot of extreme corruption in both Russia and China but there also benefits to their authoritarian rule that their citizens have grown to accept..
The Western media/Western politicians will never acknowledge this or even try bother to understand the point of view of people who aren't Western- they can't imagine that the peoples of Russia and China could be in a far worse situation than they are (not rising) if they were under neoliberal democracy.