Trump understands where power rests in Russia. He'll hit the Oligarchs financially. Without them Putin has very little power. You bring sanctions against Russia that squeeze the Oligarchs and they'll put pressure on Putin. You increase the supply of oil and natural gas being produced by the US which decreases the amount of money that Putin will be taking in selling HIS oil and natural gas.
It has zero to do with being "man enough to do it"! It's understanding how economics and politics work.
You made that up, but nice try!
We’ve been hitting the oligarchs since day one.
And this is Russia, we’re talking about. A country ruled by an absolute but uncrowned monarch, with a firm grip on the secret police.
The world is already awash in cheap oil, and the industry is not going to lose money for Trump, no ,atfter what the idiots in the “drill baby drill” crowd think.
Besides the US government does not determine how much oil the US will produce.
It has EVERYTHING to do with whether Trump will be man enough to press our advantages. He’s a coward and a weak negotiator.
Heretofore, his obsequious pandering to Putin has been a global embarrassment and has been a disgrace to the United States.
He onld grow a set and stand up to aputin.
That would be a first.
If he has the courage and the brains to stand up to the Russians his own standing a,ong world leaders would rise considerably.
Or, he could do what he has been signaling for the last two years,, and play Neville Chamberlain to Putin’s Hitler.
It does sound as though you would like to see Trump stand up to Putin.
That’s a good start.
The rest of the Trump crowd seems to be busy working on their rationalizations for when Putin walks all over Trump, as he has in the past. They’re the appeasers.
