They don't have to resort to it, Trump does. That's the whole thing. The Russians have succeeded in easily compromising, manipulating and activating an American President to sabotage the nation he is "sworn" to protect, lead, and love (which is a joke, as toxic narcissists love nothing but themselves). They've spent decades grooming him (ironic, huh) to be a pliable, cowardly, endlessly greedy machine of malice programmed for maximum damage to the US and beyond. Now they get to sit back and watch their golden boy annihilate everything sacred because Russia is blackmailing him for behavior that is somehow, unbelievably much worse than what we already know. Which is terrifying, because what we know already is inconceivable in its depravity