Exactly - I haven't understood that line of argumentation from the start. The most common version of it I see is that we should use the money we're spending to defend Ukraine to defend our own borders. But the one has absolutely nothing to do with the other.
The the reason the border wall isn't being built has nothing to do with the lack of money, but rather current administration's deliberate strategy to not secure the border. They wouldn't build the wall even if it was completely free.
From a purely financial point of view, the amount of money we're spending to help Ukraine bleed the Russian military is an incredible return on investment. It essentially will let us concentrate a much higher percentage of our military spending on countering China because an emasculated Russia will be much less of a potential threat in Europe.
“It essentially will let us concentrate a much higher percentage of our military spending on countering China because an emasculated Russia will be much less of a potential threat in Europe.”
Good point!