Trump invites Putin to White House
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-says-donald-trump-has-invited-vladimir-putin-to-the-white-house
How Trump became president with Russian influence:
2012 - Trump trademarks “Make America Great Again”
https://www.snopes.com/trump-patent-maga-2012/
2013 - Trump visits Moscow for Miss Universe pageant, meets with Kremlin officials. SIGINT picks up chatter from high-ranking Russians about a Trump presidential run.
http://observer.com/2018/02/kremlin-officials-began-planning-donald-trump-us-presidency-in-2014/
2013 - Carter Page put under surveillance as a potential foreign agent working with the Russians.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-trump-aide-carter-page-was-on-u-s-counterintelligence-radar-before-russia-dossier-1517486401
2014 - Russian government official tweets about his presidential run in January. Internet Research Agency ramps up operations.
https://twitter.com/AlferovaYulyaE/status/426103699572678656
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency#Tactical
2015 - Trump announces presidential bid
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/06/16/donald-trump-to-announce-his-presidential-plans-today/
If they're so worried about Russian interference in the upcoming 2018 mid-election, why not just block all Russian traffic internet wise a week before and during the election cycle until it's over then resume thereafter?
Also, authoritative governments always win since US can't influence their elections when they already rig it themselves. :p