Decades of Putin and company setting up decoys and doing target practice until they could get Trump into the White House. Trump was put there to help them make the kill-shot. It almost worked. Certainly, it created a deep, dangerous wound that is going to require a great deal of attention and expertise to recover from.
On another note; One wonders if the events in Belarus this week are part of the Putin and company strategy to advise democracy that it is no longer safe anywhere…