“We fomented an illegal coup in Ukraine in 2014...”
Lol, you can keep saying that over and over but it doesn’t make it true. Nor does it change the fact that Russia had already engaged in a coup including political assassinations against elected Ukrainian leaders prior to 2014.
Not only did they collect millions, they granted billions in foreign aid as the source of their income. They didn’t make a single cent, they gifted it from the great American deep pocket and pulled out a generous chunk for themselves.
Once our government was able to spend deficits they decoupled government spending from taxpayers. Thus they didn’t use proverbial taxpayer dollars, which they would never have been able to do because taxpayers would never have allowed it, they spent their own private stash of money they didn’t have to ask for. It’s just like giving a kid a credit card, but the kid beats you to the mailbox when the bill arrives. Once you find out how much the kid is spending you will freak out. One day the collection agency is going to call.