Well, the U.S. this administration has put the hardest sanctions on Russia of any country. So let's review what how the sanctions regime has gone since the Russian action on Ukraine. Biden administration put on very, what I would call mild, mild sanctions because they were worried about gasoline prices going up into an election. It would be the unstatesmanlike sanctions that probably the worst national security adviser in the history of the country, Jake Sullivan, in an act of bravery on his way out … (29:46–29:56)
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Asserts that the Biden administration initially imposed mild sanctions on Russia due to concerns about gasoline prices affecting elections.
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