I think it's all very much exaggerated and contrived. As is most things about him and his family. It's gone to the point of the absurd because the media has become absurd. We don't get " news" here anymore , just commentators constantly haranguing you how to believe and what to believe. Certain people want to try Trump Jr. for treason for talking to a Washed up Russian lawyer (probably trying to get money out of him ) for no significant information, but the press ignores the fact that Hilary and Bill brokered an illegal and dangerous ( to our national defense) uranium deal that made them personally a huge profit ??? How does that make sense ? That deal was more my idea of treason . Or collusion . But here in the states it's barely acknowledged. They would rather discuss unfounded " scandals".
Politicians here have a 200 year plus history of trying to buy and get smut on each other . It's nothing new or shocking. We live in a totally ineffective government system with extremely corrupt people controlling it. Ordinary people are just the worker drones and they pay those corrupt people until the day they can no longer work. If it wasn't Trump, it would be someone similar or worse. Our government is not about to let the "money train " stop while they can sit on their butts , accomplishing nothing and getting paid very highly for it . It's a great gig if you can just get in ...