I don’t blame people in the US for believing that, when more than half your population (who actually voted) decided to vote Trump in (again).
Like the guy is unironically a treasonous criminal con-man so obviously under Russia’s (or more specifically Putin’s) influence it’s laughable.
I’m honestly more inclined to agree with longer interpretations, as I’m sceptical that he was enough of a natural at all the skills he demonstrates in the movie to have perfected them all in just 6 weeks