We know what we would do if somebody put nukes on our border. Remember when Russia tried that with Cuba? We didn't like it and almost went to war over it. The only thing that saved either of us was a Russian who refused to start it.

Now, about money. Putin is, I think I read, one of the richest persons in the entire world. I think that's just a given. I have also read that he bailed out Trump for about 4 billion. Money is, basically, there and he has larger thoughts. He wants the old Soviet Union back. His problem, now, is that he is no longer Popular Putin but something else entirely. His other problem is that, I think, he really doesn't know it. I also think that anybody who would try to speak truth to Putin might have a little problem just staying alive.

Anyway, it seems to me that, now, most of Europe, the United States, etc. are determined to en-cage Putin's Russia and he isn't buying it. We didn't when that happened to us and its happening to him on a much grander scale. I also believe he has no compunctions about going Nuclear.

My solution is to wishfully think somebody is going to figure it all out and we will not have a Nuclear war which is a lot easier than trying to jam my head into the sand.