Russian Elites Push Putin to Settle

Day 4: The US President Stays on Course

What did I want from President Trump with respect to Ukraine?

• Target 1: Keep the sanctions on day 1.

• Target 2: Keep the sanctions on day 30.

• Target 3: Keep the sanctions on day 90.

• Target 4: Keep the sanctions on day 180.

That will do.

It will give Ukraine six months' time to destroy the Russian ground forces and allow the cracks in the Russian economy to widen into a huge chasm. The depletion of the liquid part of Putin’s national wealth fund has already made it nearly impossible for the Russian central bank to intervene and protect the fall of the Ruble against other currencies. Every ten percent drop in the Ruble will now add a little bit of fire to the raging inflation. Under these circumstances, the economic conditions of the following 30 days will always be worse than the last 30 days.