Always in the future (i.e. “by 2027”) with the hopes that people will forget by then. Which is one of the purposes of 24 hour media on the net and TV — making people forget what they thought was important last week.
Hit a homer over the far field fence. Even here on this forum with many well informed, a "shiny object" often drags attention off of actualities which those "powers that be" would rather we 1) did not notice, or 2) got sidetracked away from considering further.
As regards this thread, the US and Europe, which is more than just the EU, continue to do business with "the enemy." Or by now "enemies," according to some. And at the same time, we and they growl about them doing business, all the while we do.