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They are already drafting an end to sanctions, which is unbelievable.


Tarriff other countries and then establish a free trade agreement with Russia to boost their economy.

One wonders if they will make American packaging for their products, or just sell the Russian labeled products straight on US shelves.


What are they going to sell us? Russia is a gas station.


Dignity?


We do need some of that, but I’m not sure Russia has any to sell :)


What products? Caviar and crude?


Why not weapons? Why bother with expensive, unionized US labour building rifles and missiles and jets when Russia has cheaper alternatives?


minerals


Trump said he wanted peace, but I think he really wanted an end for the sanctions, probably to help with his goal of lowering the price of oil. I don’t think he cares at all about how things turn out in Ukraine.


Trump met with the Russia in Saudi for 'peace talks'. I doubt lowering oil prices was the concern there.


Trump have promised to end the war in a short time and is a little late on the deadline. That explains him being irritated at that meeting.


Its only unbelievable if your head has been stuck firmly in the sand.


Excellent! The Russia sanctions are causing collateral damage to much of the third world.


Feel free to provide any resources that support your take, otherwise I'll consider it to be bullshit


Russia is an important exporter of fertilizer, fuel and food. In contrast, most of the third world imports these things.

Sanctions imposed by the West do not (and cannot without a naval blockade of Russia, which no one in the West is crazy enough to advocate for) prevent the third world from continuing to import these Russian exports, but they introduce significant friction on these transactions.


They also export stolen Ukrainian grains, let's not forget that detail.


Much of the third world does extensive business with Russia and rely on Russia for access to advances technologies. For example, Russia is helping Bangladesh build its first nuclear power plant: https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Rooppur-Bangladesh-p...


I mean, Ukraine and Russia both export a lot of grain, so the war has definitely impacted a bunch of poorer countries.




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