The message is that the "other" is always a gift, and that Americans who resent those who seek to destroy their country are evil. No one in fact ever attacked Donovan's home, but it's a made up scene for the movie to reinforce how awful average Americans are, typical Coen brothers' nonsense. The push is always free of the fact that the Soviet system was and is vastly less concerned with civil liberties or rights than America. However, the movie frequently picks apart American values and slips these themes into the movie like roofies to lull the audience drinking in this bull. When Donovan tries to appeal and is warned off for the potential damage to his career, they forget this never happened, but the same film makers would never highlight how many mainstream Americans get de-platformed everyday from Facebook, Twitter and others in the greatest assault on the First Amendment in American history. Great acting, sets, cars and clothing, etc. Too bad there's a political anti-American theme dressed up as "history".