This is a false flag. Did Russia actually interfere with a US election? The professional liars---US security agencies--make that claim. Of course they can't tell us about any evidence...for "security reasons."  But  good enough for Mr. Thiessen to pump out this column with the phrase "None of this is what Putin was hoping for when he decided to interfere in the 2016 election." Far more certain...this is what US cold warriors and the profit-hungry military industrial complex were hoping for...ongoing, endless, eternal war. It's good for the bomb-makers. True or not, the unsubstantiated claim of election interference doesn't matter. Why it's a false flag.