As a country that has largely abandoned it’s own industries and become a net importer of goods, Pumpkin Putin doesn’t have the leverage he thinks he does.
America needs the rest of the worlds products more than the rest of the world need them buying it. Will it hurt to lose that many consumers of your product? You bet it will. It’ll suck ass and economies will suffer greatly. But not nearly as much as the U.S. will when they can’t get their raw materials for the small amount of manufacturing they still DO do.
The only leverage the U.S has is it’s military. And militaries run off of fuel, food and oil. It would be crippled within a month if everyone pulls a Norway and stops refueling them.
As a country that has largely abandoned it’s own industries and become a net importer of goods, Pumpkin Putin doesn’t have the leverage he thinks he does.
America needs the rest of the worlds products more than the rest of the world need them buying it. Will it hurt to lose that many consumers of your product? You bet it will. It’ll suck ass and economies will suffer greatly. But not nearly as much as the U.S. will when they can’t get their raw materials for the small amount of manufacturing they still DO do.
The only leverage the U.S has is it’s military. And militaries run off of fuel, food and oil. It would be crippled within a month if everyone pulls a Norway and stops refueling them.