Vouched this not because I agree with it, but because I feel it deserves a reply. You should note that even Trump held Finland as a counterexample to European

Vouched this not because I agree with it, but because I feel it deserves a reply. You should note that even Trump held Finland as a counterexample to European NATO countries that don't pull their own weight. Finland is not a country that spends all it's money on social programs and doesn't have a military. Instead, we still have mandatory male conscription, and a very well-armed reserve. Historically, we have trusted our defense in the principle of being strong enough that even if we knew that the Soviets/Russians could eventually beat us, the costs we could inflict on them would massively outweigh any possible benefit from conquering us. This no longer works because in Ukraine Putin has shown that he does not do cost/benefit analysis for his foreign policy.