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>My point is that the US reached the outer limits of pressure on Russia by the end of the Biden administration, and despite Trump's bluster he implicitly recognizes he has limited leverage over Putin when it comes to eastern Ukraine.
>despite Trump's bluster he implicitly recognizes he has limited leverage over Putin
Oh i think he has some leverage, Kim Jong Nam's entire immediate family is currently in US custody and Trump can pay Kim more money than Putin can not to mention Trump is more trustworthy than Putin odd as that sounds:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-nam
The US has Nam's family in custody and knows where they are, that's worth more than anything Putin has to offer.