Subject: Re: One way to stop Russian oil shipments
Hungary and Slovakia have refused to reduce their oil purchases. Their leaders are staunch supporters of Trump, and are well-regarded in the GOP base.

I guarantee you nobody or very few in the states cares who Orban is or could even name the Slovakian Prime Minister.

Already in process. The EU is taking up a complete ban on Russian gas imports. All imports under anything other than long-term contracts would be prohibited by this coming June; long-term contracts have until the following year.

Well - good for them! Only took 3 years for them to get moving on it and this was - let's recall - after they laughed at Trump when he suggested this in his first term.

Maybe they should have listened to him.

The downside to that, though, is that Hungary and Slovakia will be outraged and likely tank any further effort to impose any economic sanction again, so this probably has to be the last one.

So the EU - with its vast regulatory powers and ability to dictate to each of its member states right down to the lowest tea pot what to do - is utterly powerless to stop rogue behavior from 2 of its smallest economies, is that it? And somehow this is Trump's problem to solve?

I'd say the WEF-adjacent Bond villain wannabes in Brussels need to rethink their structure if that's the case.