If we would like to see a common link in the picture of the web between US people and Russia in the Trump administration, we can't help but see that everyone in the picture of the web is a white male.
WACCHUMs, white able-bodied Christian Conserve-Hierarchy heterosexual US born males dominate the decision-making and policy-making roles in our hierarchies.
Just look at the picture.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/03/the-web-of-relationships-between-team-trump-and-russia/?utm_term=.f3ed077a9096