As an outside observer of us politics it seems to me that the democrats want Russia as an external enemy whereas the republicans want China. Perhaps now it seems like the republicans have the upper hand but it is not obvious how it is going to end.

The Russia narrative makes no sense Russia and Saudi Arabia would surely have preferred Hillary who promised to outlaw fracking. Now the US is becoming the biggest Oil exporter. Russian GDP is like 40% from Oil, Saudi Arabia even more.