Seems we’ve been played by a corrupt ‘Deep State’ that knows funding to ‘fight Mexico (etc) ‘ influence won’t bring in the boatloads of cash that ‘fighting Russia’ brings in.
It really is starting to feel like a ‘global warming’ type scam... money drained off for a bogus excuse to the benefit of corrupt global liberal elites...
Russia’s GNP is ranked 12th in the world. How can a country with that small of a GNP be such a huge problem. They are’t.
Wikipedia GNP ranking as per Country!
1 United States 18,569,100
— European Union[n 1][19] 16,408,364
2 China[n 2] 11,218,281
3 Japan 4,938,644
4 Germany 3,466,639
5 United Kingdom 2,629,188
6 France 2,463,222
7 India 2,256,397
8 Italy 1,850,735
9 Brazil 1,798,622
10 Canada 1,529,224
11 South Korea 1,411,246
12 Russia[n 3] 1,280,731
13 Australia 1,258,978
14 Spain 1,232,597
15 Mexico 1,046,002
The above is from Wikipedia ranking the world’s GNP by country.
Russians can still be a problem... North Korea doesn’t have crap and they’re a problem.
My take is Russia is more a problem for ‘the deep state’ than for American citizens. We spend waaaaaaay too much time, energy and money on them. As you say, Mexico has done more harm to America than Russia in the last 30 years... And as far as McCain’s and Graham’s ‘domino theory about Russia taking over other countries? It’s like McCain et al brains are stuck in 1967 Vietnam...