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Danny argues many countries (India, Hungary, Slovakia, etc.) have already said they won’t stop buying Russian oil because they lack viable, affordable alternatives; existing discounts and earlier tariffs haven’t changed that.
Increasing tariffs or adding another 10–50% tariff is unlikely to alter their behavior and would instead inflict real economic pain on those countries and on Europe.
Trump accuses NATO of not being “100%” committed, blames allies for weakening bargaining power, and frames himself as the authority who can end the war if NATO follows his demands.
His proposed package — Europe stopping Russian oil purchases plus imposing very large (50–100%) tariffs on China, and harsher measures on India/Brazil — would simultaneously raise Europe’s energy costs and risk pushing China and other countries closer to BRICS/decoupling from the West.
The commentator calls this paternalistic (“daddy”) language, says it misunderstands allies’ incentives and global economic strategy, and insists these measures won’t quickly end the war but could instead damage Western economies and geopolitical position.
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Danny argues many countries (India, Hungary, Slovakia, etc.) have already said they won’t stop buying Russian oil because they lack viable, affordable alternatives; existing discounts and earlier tariffs haven’t changed that.
Increasing tariffs or adding another 10–50% tariff is unlikely to alter their behavior and would instead inflict real economic pain on those countries and on Europe.
Trump accuses NATO of not being “100%” committed, blames allies for weakening bargaining power, and frames himself as the authority who can end the war if NATO follows his demands.
His proposed package — Europe stopping Russian oil purchases plus imposing very large (50–100%) tariffs on China, and harsher measures on India/Brazil — would simultaneously raise Europe’s energy costs and risk pushing China and other countries closer to BRICS/decoupling from the West.
The commentator calls this paternalistic (“daddy”) language, says it misunderstands allies’ incentives and global economic strategy, and insists these measures won’t quickly end the war but could instead damage Western economies and geopolitical position.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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