The US media, subjected to a constant barrage of pressure from the all-powerful Israel Lobby, has refrained from reporting that when it comes to provable election meddling, including social media campaigns to smear politicians, Israel has become the "go to" place for politicians to seek election victory through guile and deceit.
Israel "beta-tested" its social media manipulation software tools when, in 2006, it premiered "Give Israel Your United Support" (GIYUS) program and its associated Megaphone desktop computer article and commentary monitoring tool. The Israelis wanted to influence any bad press it received because of its 2006 surprise attack on Lebanon.
Pro-Israeli volunteers around the world, who became known as "hasbara trolls," disrupted web sites take a number through various means. Options included the use of profanity on forums and chat rooms, especially toward the original poster of an item. But more than often, the infiltration took the form of posting extraneous information to detour the commentary thread away from uncomfortable subjects and promoting Israeli propaganda posted by dubious websites connected to the Israeli state.
Comment: This is the implication of what Trump has been saying all along: election meddling is so common that singling out Russia doesn't make sense. It's simply unfair. Everyone who can do it, does it. But Israel is so off limits when it comes to public criticism that they will continue to be the first-choice for politicians everywhere who want to 'meddle' in elections. And they'll be quite effective. Whereas Russia, convenient scapegoat that it has become to the West, will be blamed, despite the total incompetence of the 'meddling' operations to which Russians have been tied. Nope, it doesn't make any sense, but that's Western politics for you.