This is how negotiations happen. The only difference is, they normally go on behind closed doors. Where does it say a candidate has to run through the media gauntlet in order to be nominated? Trump is a game changer, he can appear on just about any show he wants, and doesn't have to play by your establishment rules. If Trump took advice from idiots, we would end up with another McCain/Romney loser candidate. But that's not going to happen this time.
Putin has already endorsed Trump, so again you don't know what your posting about.