Best quote describes how Russia played groups against each other in an attempt to Balkanize the US:<p>"Not content to impersonate African-Americans, the Russian trolls also pretended to be American Muslims. They took on the digital identity of a real group called United Muslims of America and, according to the Daily Beast, “pushed memes that claimed Hillary Clinton admitted the U.S. ‘created, funded and armed’ al-Qaeda and the so-called Islamic State; claimed that John McCain was ISIS’ true founder; whitewashed blood-drenched dictator Moammar Gadhafi and praised him for not having a ‘Rothschild-owned central bank’; and falsely alleged Osama bin Laden was a ‘CIA agent.’”<p>At the same time that they were attempting to foment Muslim discontent in America, the opportunistic Russians were also pandering to anti-Muslim nativists — including organizing an anti-Muslim rally in Idaho in 2016. The Russians were behind websites such as “Being Patriotic” and “Secured Borders,” which often promoted “fake news” such as the claim that “Michigan allows Muslim immigrants to collect welfare checks and other benefits for four wives.”"