From The Grayzone:
On the same day that the claim of “Russian bounties” in Afghanistan collapsed, another US intelligence-sourced, evidence-free claim was treated as vindication for conspiracy theories about Trump-Russia collusion.
Glenn Greenwald and Aaron Maté discuss the predictable demise of the “Russian bounties”; the Biden administration’s new evidence-free assertion that Paul Manafort associate Konstantin Kilimnik passed Trump campaign polling data to Russia; and why major US media outlets continue to parrot Russiagate disinformation no matter how many times the “bombshells” turn into duds.
Russia is a scapegoat for everything. The US interferes in the affairs of Developing Nations so they have leaders suitable to the US and its allies even if they are unsuitable to the people of the nations and are authoritarian.
Just because Trump tried to improve relations with Russia, does not mean it meddled in the election to make him win. If Trump tried to improve relations with China, China would be accused of meddling in the election to make Trump win and would be accused of paying the Taliban bounties to kill Americans in Afghanistan.