With all that’s happening in the Western nations, I’ve often thought if Russia would become more western, and stop aligning with Red China, and extend more rights to its citizens, that it and eastern Europe could become a home for many in the US, Canada, Western Europe, Australia and NZ who object to their nations being overrun with third world illegals.
That all was a possibility when Trump took office but the Russian Collusion outcry from the left was so extreme that he had to be harder on Russia than might have been if he had a rational opposition. Putin was moving to become a part of Europe and Trump felt he had to shut him down. He did not have a lot of choice. An actual opening to Russia would have precluded the Ukraine fiasco. Russia would never be a national Friend but it would have likely been much more in line with western civilization. Russia fears America and that fear is ramped up not that we’re taking into NATO all the states that border it in Europe. We are doing China’s work now. Russia is expending its modern armaments in Ukraine just as we are. Xi covets large areas of Eastern Siberia and already has placed significant population there. China is in he enviable position of saying , “Let’s you and him fight!”