It's really not that simple. If there are external groups trying to influence this election, they are not limited to the Russian government. They aren't even l

It's really not that simple. If there are external groups trying to influence this election, they are not limited to the Russian government. They aren't even limited to governments. Russia is just the bogeyman du jour of American news media. Many other more capable enemies are completely unreported. The bogeyman figure is conveniently utilized to spin many stories. E.g. The DNC hack. In this case it's being used to smear Trump's campaign. The fact is there no substantial evidence Trump is a Russian sympathizer. There is also no evidence that Russia is a Trump sympathizer. The US has not changed its foreign policy agenda since WW2. There is beautiful continuity from Truman, to Eisenhower, to Kennedy, to Johnson, to Nixon, to Ford, to Carter, to Reagan, to HW Bush, to Clinton, to Bush, to Obama. It's highly unlikely that the next presidential election will have a noticeable effect on our policy towards Russia.