A top Trump official has said the new US administration will threaten Russia’s fuel sector to force President Vladimir Putin into a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
Robert Wilkie, who leads President Donald Trump’s transition team, said Trump intended to call Putin and press him to end the three-year conflict.
This would be backed by a threat to “unleash American energy power” if the Kremlin does not co-operate.
“The flow of American Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) to Europe will begin, and the US presence on the world oil market will drive the price of oil down – that will bankrupt the Russian economy,” Wilkie told the BBC on Tuesday. “That is going to put an incredible strain on Putin’s wartime economy.”
This depends on Putin playing ball here, even if the deal is favorable to Russia. Ending the war immediately will lead to a recession for Russia, which could be pretty bad fueled by international sanctions.
This is then met by the unpredictability of Trump, who may take it as a personal slight if Russia tries to extend the deadline to buffer its economy from the impact. In classic Trump faction, he’d probably turn into Ukraine’s biggest supporter and give them a blank check.
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If Putin cared about economy he wouldn’t have started the war
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A top Trump official has said the new US administration will threaten Russia’s fuel sector to force President Vladimir Putin into a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
Robert Wilkie, who leads President Donald Trump’s transition team, said Trump intended to call Putin and press him to end the three-year conflict.
This would be backed by a threat to “unleash American energy power” if the Kremlin does not co-operate.
“The flow of American Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) to Europe will begin, and the US presence on the world oil market will drive the price of oil down – that will bankrupt the Russian economy,” Wilkie told the BBC on Tuesday. “That is going to put an incredible strain on Putin’s wartime economy.”
Read more here: [https://inews.co.uk/news/world/trump-threatens-war-russian-fuel-raises-concerns-in-kyiv-3493711](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/trump-threatens-war-russian-fuel-raises-concerns-in-kyiv-3493711)
This depends on Putin playing ball here, even if the deal is favorable to Russia. Ending the war immediately will lead to a recession for Russia, which could be pretty bad fueled by international sanctions.
This is then met by the unpredictability of Trump, who may take it as a personal slight if Russia tries to extend the deadline to buffer its economy from the impact. In classic Trump faction, he’d probably turn into Ukraine’s biggest supporter and give them a blank check.
If Putin cared about economy he wouldn’t have started the war
Yeah and Pigs could fly