The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation giving Donald Trump broad powers to impose sanctions on Russia and tariffs of up to 100% on countries that buy Russian oil and gas. It will now go to Trump to be signed into law.
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation giving Donald Trump broad powers to impose sanctions on Russia and tariffs of up to 100% on countries that buy Russian oil and gas. It will now go to Trump to be signed into law.
I don’t think the US will ever pay reparations in any form to its (nominal) allies, nor be asked to.
Instead, the US will lose (or has already lost) all goodwill and soft power it has enjoyed post WWII, and will have to face skeptic if not openly hostile nations in all diplomatic affairs, forcing it to make significant concessions if it hopes to have any sort of alliance and agreement in the future.
Plus, hopefully, the EU and many other countries will realise the mistake of relaying on the US for strategic assets, in particular defense, finance and tech, which will have a significant impact on the US economy long term.