I can understand how you in your pussified world would be offended with that. But what you fail to understand is what all great leaders know: The worst thing you can do with a powerful adversary, is to underestimate, marginalize, or downplay them. Having respect for a powerful enemy in now way means that that you are aligned with that enemy.
For instance, If I said "Erwin Rommel was a great military tactician and a respectable Field Marshal", does that mean I'm a Nazi? Only in the mind of someone who has issues.
Even Rommel himself once said "
If I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it." Now would a statement like that have been construed as meaning he was an Australian or New Zealand sympathizer, and would shirk his duty?
This is the same thing the left did to Trump. Whether you want to believe it or now, he gained a lot of respect from other leaders. Those like Putin, Xi, and Kim Jong Il respected Trump, even though they didn't agree with him. So when powerful leaders respect other powerful leaders, we have peace. But when we have weak, impotent leaders like Biden, we end up with nothing but war.
It's as simple as that. If you can't comprehend that, I'm sorry. I have no other way to explain it to you.