It doesn't surprise me that you would write someone off as a conspiracy theorist, so I don't take much issues with your opinion on that.

There is most certainly foreign issues imposing their will on the US, some are successful some are not. this is no different than another country, it's how Geo-politics works.

When Trump meets with putin, both sides will try to impose there policies on each other.

Then there is the darker side of this with foreign propaganda being injected into things like social media to influence the opinion of the general public.