And very briefly on this final bit from the anti-anti-Trump left; the idea is that serious investigation of collusion between Russia and the Trump administration would somehow benefit "corporate power," which is generally associated with the defense industrial base.
https://twitter.com/PromThesis/status/1355612333456859137
In its most crude, "Lockheed Martin wants likes the Russia investigation because it creates a new Cold War which means more F-35s." This was based on the apparent belief that Russia drives some significant portion of US defense spending.
As anyone familiar with force planning and the budget could have mentioned, the foreign (as opposed to internal) driver of the defense budget is China, and it has been for 15 years or so. The reason is that China poses a much more significant military threat than Russia.
It's not *quite* true to say that Russia is a lesser included case for the buildup of capabilities intended for competition with China, but it ain't far off. The state of US-Russian relations after roughly 2008 are pretty much inconsequential for the defense budget.
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