Comments by "" (@EbenBransome) on "Putin claims that Trump's loss of the presidency in 2020 is the reason he invaded Ukraine..." video.

I think there is a causal relationship, though not as stated. The fact remains that the Biden family had at least one business interest in Ukraine, and if you are a professionally suspicious Russian you might well conclude that with Biden in the WH, the US might be plotting against you. Remembering the economic, and possibly physical, sabotage of Nordstream 2, Putin and his group might have concluded that the only way out of the straitjacket was to take over Ukraine, and as a fait accompli negotiate from a position of some strength. Europe doesn't like the way it has been blackmailed into buying expensive US gas while the US gives itself permits to buy certain strategic materials from Russia. Cheap Russian gas and better relations with China, weighed against the loss of the US export market? A difficult one and not necessarily to the advantage of the US. Remember - when the US tells you something isn't about the oil and gas -> it is about the oil and gas.
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