Speaking as a Left-leaning European, Trump is not my flavour of politician at all and he may well damage the institution of the presidency for a century, but no, I don't believe he's a tool of Russia.
Russia had enough reason to intervene in the election just because of who Hillary was: a hawkish internationalist who was very likely to pursue U.S. national interests in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Trump - a pragmatic, isolationist, business-minded candidate - was as attractive to Putin as he was to many U.S. voters.
Could Russia have had a file on Trump that could have been used to blackmail? Sure, but so what? Trump was indiscreet, clumsy, prone to lies and gaffes but he was also just a businessman and (later) TV star. Using a blackmail dossier against him would have been very risky then and there was very little that he could realistically have accomplished for Russia. As he got more powerful, such was his unpredictability that “recruiting” him would likely have done more harm than good.
The conspiracy theory gives too much credit to Putin and too little credit to Trump voters, who had plenty of good reasons to vote for him other than fake news in their social media feeds. Democrats may be “my guys” politically but their continued arrogance on this issue is astonishing
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