Enemy of my enemy leads to very odd coalitions. E.g. liberals + intelligence community against WH vs liberals against intelligence community post-9/11 (and before). I think this covers that type of phenomenon [0]. "Russian hacker" is just the new nightmare of the mode.

Also, Xi Jinping is visiting Mar a Lago soon. Would probably strain talks to play that move before the meet.

[0] https://libcom.org/library/when-insurrections-die