We could easily secure whole border for $200 billion.
And, the $200 billion we spent a total waste because Ukraine never had a chance of winning a war against Russia. All our interference has done is killed tens of thousands of Ukrainians and resulted in the country shrinking.
"Follow the money" is almost certainly in play.
Political donations from defense contractors to politicians who vote to donate, expend or simply waste defense materials. Even worse, Russia is no longer our nation's principal adversary, and we are not supposed to talk about just who is.
Russia should be forced to pay every penny. And the restoration that will be needed. They don’t call Russia the evil empire for nothing.