Subject: Re: WSJ: Oil sanctions and the Ukraine war
Bessent said:

"President Putin has not come to the table in an honest and forthright manner, as we'd hoped," Bessent told Fox Business, noting that when the two leaders met in Alaska in August, "President Trump walked away when he realized that things were not moving forward." He added: "There have been behind-the-scenes talks, but I believe that the president is disappointed at where we are in these talks."

The Anchorage summit and the offer for one in Budapest were the carrots. Putin declined them…

…so now let’s use the stick.