1) The US economic problems are not a result of Ukraine because . . .
2) The price of oil began to climb in mid December, and the rate of that climb established a slope on the graph. That slope angle did not change at all in late Feb when the war started. Oil’s price is not from Ukraine, and so economic problems are not from Ukraine.
3) So if you are trying to sell peace negotiations under the motivation of domestic economy, that fails.
4) There isn’t anything Ukraine can promise that Russia would believe, and vice versa. So cries that there must be peace negotiations are more than a little absurd. Ukraine would start shelling across whatever agreed line within a week of agreement.
True. A number of problems contributed to the increases in fuel prices. There were Democrat intentions to cut production and demand by regulating in favor of electric vehicles, against oil production, refining, etc. So new refining capacity is not being built enough to meet demand, and oil production is down. COVID also reduced demand and slowed production and distribution everywhere. Opec cuts in the recent past contributed, too.