Biden Afraid of Actually Getting Tough on Putin

The Bidens are always afraid of roiling the waters. Afraid of escalation. How about just, the Bidens are afraid? If they had backbone, they could inflict some serious financial damage on Vladimir Putin.

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President Biden speaks to governors from across the country during an event in the East Room of the White House on February 23, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

If anybody thinks the new Biden sanctions on Russia are going to have some crippling financial effect, or cause some real wartime pain, think again. What Russia understands is money and oil, and these new Biden sanctions, just like the old ones, will not do any serious damage to President Putin’s war machine.

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