Polls
show that the majority of Germans; the EU leadership in effect, are
against the new U.S. sanctions forced by congress upon Russia. They
were an unnecessary and belligerent step toward resurrecting the cold
war.
Most
people want good Russia-Trump relations rather than bad. The Democrat
party requires a foreign villain however, and Russia is the choice.
That probably works well for Democrat party leadership in the Harvard
Business School Alumni network too. They wanted to pick over the
carcass of the old Soviet Union like it was a thanksgiving turkey,
and there are still plenty of sandwiches remaining.
For
the United States the sanctions will have the consequence of drawing
Europe and Russia closer together. The tectonic plates of the two
regions will slide over one another and raise a new Alps (only joking
here). Russian and European economies can work together along with
China to leave the US. as a rather daft 3rd party and
outsider unable to actually have an independent, non-fossil fuel
based energy infrastructure and economics, gasping for breath,
desirous of new Russian rockets to take them to the moon.
Seriously
though, the sanctions should be ended rather than increased. The
U.S.A. will be the loser as it builds new problems over-there.
