Continental boundaries do not necessarily align with national boundaries, so several countries occupy more than one continent.

Russia, like Turkey, is usually considered to be partly in Europe and partly in Asia. In fact the Council of Europe includes both of them, though Russia left in 2022.

Sure, my point is that it won’t all come down to Trump.

If Western countries abandon Ukraine en masse, that’s a very different situation. But I don’t think they will.

The EU could respond by fining or banning imports from companies that support the Russian war effort.

If TI were forced to choose between the EU market and Russia, they would choose the EU.

the US is lifting all sanctions

The main effect of sanctions is to stop Russia from selling oil to the EU. That isn’t going to change simply because Trump says so.

Panama, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Cuba

Of those, American troops only invaded Panama.

Meanwhile, Russian troops invaded not only Poland but Finland, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia…

Weaker than expected growth is not an “economy in shambles”.

It is absolutely clear cut.

Ukraine is a sovereign country. Russia violated its sovereignty.