Had they studied a little Hitler, they would have learned he knew this long before they. He once noted, and I paraphrase, propaganda is used on the masses, never on the educated. The educated will make their own decisions anyway., He also noted if you are going to tell a lie, tell a big one as the masses use little ones all the time and recognize them more easily.
So, come stories like hookers in Moscow frolicking with Trump in his hotel room and urinating on his mattress.