Sanctions haven’t worked and are only political “ feel good” moves.
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results."
This is why the whole support Ukraine thing from Europe was bullcrap. They were playing both sides of the war, while we funded it.
What’d they say?
The only party the US knows is war and Trump joined right in.
I think Trump should back off. Screwing up our relations with and the economy of India is not the best way to screw Russia.
I guess that Europeans, despite all their BLUSTER, don’t really consider Russia much of a threat - or they wouldn’t be FINANCING HIS WAR MACHINE.
The Trump sanctions are geared as much to put pressure on the EU to stop obstructing Trump peace initiatives and force Zelensky to the table as they are to put pressure on Russia.
France may be one of the the hardest hit except for China and the Trump Administration using the purchase of Russian oil and gas as a pretext to crack down on India's trade protection policies..
India should be hit with a doubling of the penalty if not 3x more !!
Dang, dirty play by India.
IBTG
IBTS
It isn’t the same thing.
Meanwhile, we funnel billions to The Ukraine in a useless endless war. Who owns all the Raytheon stocks?
The story is incomplete. Several countries in NATO were given exemptions in order not to tank their economies. Hungary comes to mind. They have no infrastructure to get their gas from other suppliers. The Trump administration has handled a difficult situation with great delicacy and finesse.
I think you all need a good strong dose of support President Trump.
As for oil and gas, the psychos in the Biden administration cut off our exports while admitting the cut off was bad for the environment.
Biden screwed the US Nat Gas business. We have to unwind the stuff he did so that the US can step up. That’s gonna take some time.
We don’t have that problem with India.
We should also slap a tax on remittances from the US to India. That would leave a mark as well.
“imposing a 25% tariff on Indian goods”
That’s Apple cellphones and a few other things I believe.
India mainly earns dollars by supplying services such as software development and data (claims & database) processing for large companies.