Yes all the hacking talk is absurd and a distraction. But having said that, it’s not about being a “banana republic” — everyone is and always will be vulnerable to tech challenges/threats.
>>”everyone is and always will be vulnerable to tech challenges/threats.”<<
USA is not ‘everyone’. Though I remember as far back as 2003 when hackers (not necessarily Russians) were finding backdoors in Microsoft products and telling Bill Gates and co to get their act together.