"Putin did look a bit shocked on learning what the average wage was in Moscow. Russia should be a powerhouse of the world, not a destitute pariah."

- Many countries in the world would be doing much better if not for U.S. sanctions.
A third of the planet live under them.

$45 oil price cap would bring Russia to negotiating table — Kellogg
http://english.nv.ua/nation/45-oil-price-cap-would-bring-russia-to-negotiating-table-kellogg-50484512.html

The West is still trying to find a way to make Russia kneel.
But they can't win on the battlefield, and everything the west does results in a worse position for the collective West, though maybe not always America itself.
Saudi Arabia won't like the oil consumer nations trying to dictate the oil price, they certainly didn't like the $60 Russian oil price cap.

I think the world is a different place now than it was during the last Trump presidency, what may have worked for the U.S and Trump a few years ago is less likely to work now.
Americans are still too busy believing themselves to be the exceptional indispensable nation.
They couldn't even put their own fires out, let alone anyone elses.

Russia thanks to America is the most sanctioned nation in the world.
You don't get to point your finger at a nations struggles when someone else is deliberately causing it, wants to topple the government and loot the country.

Gulf of Magaland, anyone?

Facts first:

http://crikey.com.au/2025/01/23/donald-trump-inauguration-ratings-spectacle/

Sorry. Here's the link again:

http://crikey.com.au/2025/01/23/donald-trump-inauguration-ratings-media-spectacle/

What can be said about a person who calls opinions "facts", then stuffs up the reference to the "facts" and apologises for it when nobody (left wing cranks maybe) is going to look at it. Ultra-left, hate-spruikers ‘Crikey’ for heaven's sake.

I recently put up a post about this mental oddity of scouring for information that supports what you think, as well as conforming to group think because you want to be ‘with it’.

Hold whatever opinions you want, but own them. Citing someone or some organisation with the same opinions doesn't make you right. And it certainly has nothing to do with facts.

ttbn,

When you have the facts on your side - cite the facts.
When you have political experts on your side - cite the
political experts..
When you have neither as in your case - you hloler and attack.

shame on you for drawing attention to a sight-impaired
poster who sometimes makes typing mistakes.

Remember to be perfect.