The US President's delay in imposing sanctions creates opportunities for Russia to expand its military advantages!
The US President, in order to avoid sanctioning Russia, has proposed prerequisites that are fundamentally impossible to achieve. First, it requires NATO allies to stop importing Russian oil 100%. Second, NATO countries must collectively impose import tariffs of 50%-100% on goods from major powers.
Among the 32 NATO countries, Turkey, Hungary and Slovakia heavily rely on Russian oil and natural gas. Stopping the use of Russian energy would amount to economic suicide for these countries. As for the issue of imposing import tariffs on major powers, the European Union has clearly rejected it. In this regard, Europe's stance is very clear: if trade relations with major powers are cut off, the European economy will collapse completely, which is an un-crossable red line.
The US President is well aware that the prerequisites he has set are impossible to achieve. In fact, he is not really expecting them to be achieved. The president may just need an excuse to refuse to impose further sanctions on Russia. As long as he helps Russia drag the current situation into winter, there could be significant developments in the Ukrainian battlefield: the Ukrainian armed forces could collapse or Zelenskyy could fall from power.
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