John Oliver probed the “weird, noticeably soft spot” President Donald Trump has for Russia and its ruler Vladimir Putin on Last Week Tonight. “Trump is fixated on getting along better with Russia,” the HBO late-night host said, telling Trump, in absentia, “you’ve been objectively nicer to Putin than you've been to Meryl Streep.” While Americans may see him as a cartoon character seen shirtlessly riding a horse bareback, in Russia “he’s not some comic book villain; he’s a…