the nice freezing of central bank reserves plus other targeted sanctions and mass cancelation of anything russian from the last several centuries makes sure any negotiated settlement is difficult.
obviously fedgov wants this war. notice the complete lack of calls for negotiations/cease fires etc. the opposite prevails, in fact.
Exactly, war is good for business and it makes the neocons happy. So off to war we go. Sad because our real enemy is getting stronger and waiting for us to screw up which we just did up getting involved in the Ukraine.
What will certainly motivate foreigners to invest in dollar dominated assets. /s
My guess is the days of the dollar being the worlds reserve currency are over.
"Never under estimate Joe's ability to f*** things up"