RE: US & Russia4 Apr 2025 11:35
Getting back to the tariffs, the fact none were placed on Russia is certainly a good indication of U.S./Russia economic co-operation going forward.
The excuse from the Trump administration i.e. 'very little trade anyway' is clearly distraction. The U.S. still gets fertilizer and aluminium etc from Russia, and that's because they need it.
Of course it's *possible* that an annoyed Trump will place sanctions/tariffs on Russia, but at this point that'd hurt the U.S. far more than Russia, so seems unlikely.
We continue to get positive noises coming out of the negotiations
Trump does tend to loudly threaten at time, but this appears to be purely a negotiation tactic, which Russia can/will ignore. Worth mentioning in his first term Trump threatened to 'totally destroy' North Korea, and had a summit meeting with rocket man Kim a few months later