https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6758pn6ylo.amp

Squeeze Play

Trump must be slowly getting tired of being led by the ring in your nose by Putin.

First coordinated strikes against Russias energy sector now economic sanctions against the energy sector

Hoo boy

Well it’s something, maybe, but it ain’t the Tomahawks he was bluffing about.

This is not a pressure point that will apply any real leverage to Putin. Trump already knows the right pressure point and yesterday made it clear its off the table. This is basically back to TACO Trump when it comes to dealing with Russia. So---no peace deal is coming anytime soon. Took Trump 10 months to figure out Hamas. Why he cant figure out Putin and Hamas are cut from the same cloth is beyond me....but he has no chance of getting a peace deal in Ukraine until figures out Putin only responds to strength.

That said---its possible the sanctions will affect Russia more than I would have expected if both China and India actually do scale back their purchases of Russian oil as reported below. The EU also added another sanctions package---which would likely not matter much at this point---but I guess every little bit of pressure helps. Time to just wait and see what happens. Hopefully Putin decides to agree to some sort of reasonable compromise that can provide a lasting peace for the region.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...ome-losses

(10-23-2025 10:36 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  This is not a pressure point that will apply any real leverage to Putin. Trump already knows the right pressure point and yesterday made it clear its off the table. This is basically back to TACO Trump when it comes to dealing with Russia. So---no peace deal is coming anytime soon. Took Trump 10 months to figure out Hamas. Why he cant figure out Putin and Hamas are cut from the same cloth is beyond me....but he has no chance of getting a peace deal in Ukraine until figures out Putin only responds to strength.

That said---its possible the sanctions will affect Russia more than I would have expected if both China and India actually do scale back their purchases of Russian oil as reported below. The EU also added another sanctions package---which would likely not matter much at this point---but I guess every little bit of pressure helps. Time to just wait and see what happens. Hopefully Putin decides to agree to some sort of reasonable compromise that can provide a lasting peace for the region.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...ome-losses

Maybe the expected Indian and Chinese trade deals involve pressuring Russia by cutting back purchases? Don't really see China doing that, but they might.