I’ve thought about this too. There is no proof that he is one, and there is a chance that this all comes from his own stupidity, but if he were a Russian asset, he would act exactly as he is now.

Had a similar struggle with the German layout, but in the meantime I have moved to the “EURKey” layout. It is built in to many distros and available for Windows and Mac. It mimics a US layout while still having all the äüöß (and much more) I could ever need. Though I will say it’s only really worth it if you’re in IT or similar where you frequently need certain symbols.