There are communists actively working to tear down our government, our republic, our way of life. I think that is what was intended. This cancer rots into your country, then fouls the air from sea to shining sea. I'll probably be tortured and shot for all my posts, but lots of people will be tortured and shot. That's what these glorious revolutions do to populations of former free countries.
You are absolutely correct. We were horrendously played back in 2016. Trump vs. Clinton was not their main goal.
TANGENT - Despite Trump being preferred by the Russians, Clinton took her nomination as an automatic coronation. Trump worked his butt off and won. I was not happy about it but that is the way it goes and he became POTUS.
The goal was to have us fight amongst our selves. They setup our naive citizens to protest and counter-protests and create even more disruption. And we are still at it. It is the whatever name (leftist, commies, liberals, etc.) vs. (fascist, Trumpers, conservatives, etc.) . I am not sure how successful the U.S. has been at its attempts because our failures are what get reported. I admired Castro for his ability to hold on to power against his most powerful foe less than 100 miles away. The Soviets had the process down with all of the countries they occupied. However, neither they or we, could conquer Afghanistan.