In recent news, Vladimir Putin has been secretly paying the Taliban to shoot American soldiers in Afghanistan. Trump says he didn't know about it and it's a hoax.
Let's see if I understand the logic correctly. The Taliban, acting as Putin's puppet, is making Trump, who is Putin's puppet master but acting like Putin's puppet, look like he really is Putin's puppet. Or at least, the puppets forgot to clue in the puppet master.
They're all singing the same tune now but it seems someone got their hands dirty. Answers on a post-card.