Are you serious? Donald is SIGNIFICANTLY more pro-russia than Hilary would have been. Ex-post facto that justified it.
Actions of Donald:
1. Intense skepticism of NATO (Russia hates this).
2. attempted to remove sanctions
3. Return spy compounds
4. America turning inwards and rejecting its international role as the hegemonic power and guarantor of western institutions.
5. The russians have preferred the republicans for a few years now since they were viewed as being more real-politik.
But mostly Donald wasn't hilary. Putin HATED Hilary for complex reasons linked to
1. bill clinton's expansion of NATO
2. What putin perceived as american support for violent regime change i.e. which he viewed as an existential threat. This included Hilary speaking in public in support of Russian dissidents and her exulting in the overthrow and execution of gaddafi (while she was secretary of state)
3. Hilary was basically an anti-russia hawk in general.
It seems the active measures campaign was never expected to result in Donald winning. I think the reasonable expectation was that hilary would be discredited and ineffective after winning with no clear mandate and intense resistance by the right. It was by no means random. It is intensely idiotic to think a nation state ruled by a canny, KBG trained, dictator would invest substantial resources and risk American retaliation to cause 'randomness'. His actions had chaotic results to be sure...but he had clear goals.
"If Mueller's final report says the Russians had a major influence on the election then what happens? I can't imagine it being good for anyone."
and the alternative being we close our eyes and pretend not to see? hopefully it would result in a return to paper ballots and hardened cyber security all across the Western world.
At this point though, we all know what the Mueller report will say in its generality. YES the russians had major influence on the election. Denying that at this point is delusional! Mueller is more about what role auspices of the trump campaign violated the law in their acceptance of russian aid...that is still somewhat of an open question as to degree and the level of criminality but it is quite clear that the Trump campaign had some amount of communication and coordination with agents of the Russian government.