the US was helping considerably, and then got taken over by pro-Russian conspiracy theorists.

This is such a nonsense conspiracy theory. Anything "non-American" isn't by default pro-Russian, ffs.

Come on people, this nonsense has to die. You can't be that dumb. Nobody believes this excuse any more.

Maybe America is in trouble because Americans are just shit at keeping themselves safe from real harm, and Russia has nothing to do with it.