[Plumberman27]

Most of America does not know about that deal. If Putin gets too much push back on his actions he can simply shut the gas off to Europe and watch them freeze while their economies crumble. America is not equipped to sell Europe gas at present due to Biden so we will not be able to rescue them again.

[tlozo]

Putin gets too much push back on his actions he can simply shut the gas off to Europe and watch them freeze while their economies crumble

Russian economy would also collapse.