Seth is very insisting on this point :
I've been saying this for some time. People have been so focused on relatively small potatoes shit (Russia funneling e-mails they hacked from Hilary to Turmp's campaign, and social media campaigns, and dossiers on Turmp's personal shit). Russia wouldn't do stuff so blatantly obvious to an intelligence gathering apparatus they know is second to none, nor would they be so brazenly stupid (they've known how stupid the people they've been dealing with in the US are, that's why they sought them out specifically). Its because its an iceberg and they're wanting America to see it as some minor thing so they won't know what hit them til they're sunk.
One of the reasons I have been saying stuff like this is that from the moment he got into office Turmp set about dismantling the American diplomatic system, and replaced it basically with himself, Don Jr, Kushner, and a few others that are every bit as much if not more despicable. It will take decades to undo the damage that will be wrought over just that (if we ever can even). It will almost absolutely lead to wars (that only hurt us these days). I'm not even talking about stuff like Turmp nominating Bolton so that if they get the opportunity they can finally give him the war with Iran he's wanted for decades, or Venezuela and their. I'm talking wars that even rational Presidents won't be able to avoid, where we stand to lose a lot but gain probably nothing.
The intelligence community has to be almost in crisis right now, as this is pretty much worst case scenario for them, we have a President that is both actively sabotaging American diplomacy and relations all over the world and replaced it with his own personal relationships and his political party is doing everything it can to defend him. But its become so blatant that its lead him into a situation where he's going to end up desperate, which means he'll be prone to very poor decisions that could have catastrophic impact. We might actually witness a coup happen as I could see Turmp doing something like feeding the Russians a litany of top secret information in exchange for amnesty if it becomes obvious that he's going to face repercussions for his treachery, and the intelligence community could basically be forced to act to prevent such from happening.