We need to hold their feet to the fire. "Oh you want more money and protection from us? Then here's a ton of stuff you need to do for us first. By the way we're slowly closing the purse strings regardless so you'd better figure out how to be self-sustaining as you should have been all along."

And if they say "No deal, you capitalist pigdog!" then we say "Ok, no more foreign aid. Enjoy defending yourself from Putin and funding your universal healthcare."