The bill serves as a final legacy item for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.

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      Probably most oligarchs have moved their wealth offshore already so may not be directly impacted. Still, seems worth doing imho

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      The biggest part of the bill is tariff powers which are optional for him to use and might be possible to leverage against Canada

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    And Putin allowed him to do this? Or has Trump just become so senile, he even forgets his owners’ orders?

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      It’s more that the conspiracy theory that Trump is a Russian asset is similar in nature to the theory that the problems with Israel are because of Netanyahu, they both seek to scapegoat individuals to distract from the fundamentally brutal system both are products of.

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      BlueMaga shitlibs unable to consider that all of their problems may not come from evil foreigners

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    Russia, Iran, Cuba have operated under sanctions regimes for decades. Alternative methods now exist for banking and transfers. This may cause a bit of pain but for the most part it is an empty gesture.