'And Russia starts acting up again whereas they were noticeably quiet during the previous administration.'
In the words of Trumpf in Helsinki
'"President Putin says it's not Russia. I don't see any reason why it would be," he replied.'
IOWs
Trump casts doubt on US intelligence, calls Putin's meddling denial 'strong and powerful'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44852812
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/stakes-high-expectations-low-trump-putin-meet-helsinki/story?id=56603366
Lets not leave out the propaganda arm of Trump's 'patriots'
and finally
Is it possible that Russia didn't need to say or do anything because Trump and the GOP were carry out Putin's objectives quite well which cumulated with the Jan 6 sedition.
Ah interesting times indeed
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/enrique-tarrio-charged-capitol-riot-proud-boys/
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2022-01-13/sedition-charge-filed-against-oath-keepers-for-jan-6-capitol-riot
