“I would want to use our vast sea power to hinder China and protect our trade empire. Let NATO help the Ukraine. Those NATO deadbeats have been relying on the USA too long. They can afford it. Let them.”
I would like to see China contained, and our sea power, and those of our allies in the region, could contribute to that.
As for Ukraine, it can’t be approached on a per-unit matching basis: It’s neither feasible nor fair.
Take Poland, for example. Poland has probably done more for Ukraine than the US. Not in terms of money spent, or the number of weapons systems sent, as Poland is nowhere near as large or powerful or wealthy as the United States. But it has taken in some 4 million refugees, fed them, housed them, provided them with medical care; it has sent Ukraine a great deal of armament and materiel; it is positioning assets from other NATO members on its own soil; it is training Ukrainian specialists; it is the main transit point for the vast majority of materiel into Ukraine.
Contrast Poland with Germany, unquestionably the richest country in Europe. Yet, what it has done in support of Ukraine is paltry.
Trump would have got Germany to pull its weight, or known the reason why.
Poland did nothing for Ukraine except capitalizing on its collapse since 2014.
They use them for menial labor and prostitution to replace people who left Poland for greener pasture, and they lure in businesses leaving Ukraine for good.