[kiryandil]

He will stop it by making us energy and oil rich again, allowing the companies to drill. Most countries will buy from us, rather than buy the Russian stuff, which will drain Russia funds and force them to back off.

True.

This will be coupled with a cut-off of US taxpayer funds and also a cut-off of weapons support to the Ukraine.

[CatHerd]

There’s a problem with cutting off all funds: Ukraine would collapse into a failed state. We are funding their government, pension funds, entire economy. A Libya in Europe would never be tolerated.

On the brighter side, a horrified EU might be willing to pony up and relieve us of much of the burden.