Could some conspiracy theories be part of a conspiracy theory? [View all]

I was talking to a co-worker last week who brought up a "conspiracy theory" that I have an open mind about, then segwayed to the power behind the politicians, I've got an open mind there also (after all WTF are the Koch Bros ect..), but then she went into how all Presidents up to Trump were controlled by the PBP, and Trump was the first who wasn't controlled by them. I told her that was idiotic, and Trump is a moron likely beholden to Putin's Russia, she said that may be but neither he nor Russia were controlled by the evil, behind the scenes cabal and told me I had "Trump Derangement Syndrome" with a chuckle. She is very highly educated, and I never saw her as a Trumper! She also said that she believed a lot of people around the Clintons had been "suicided". WTF????? That old RW crap?

I hate to sound ultra tin-foil-hat, but sometimes I wonder if some of the "standard" conspiracy theories are being used and enlarged by Russia as another aspect of creating chaos, taking what is always out there and driving it down the road in whatever way they want?