> Historically I'd argue most nations could trust the US government only to wield economic sanctions against our adversaries, but the current administration has

> Historically I'd argue most nations could trust the US government only to wield economic sanctions against our adversaries, but the current administration has made all nations our adversary. https://www.dw.com/de/us-senatoren-drohen-sassnitz-zu-schaden/a-54556143 https://www.dw.com/de/us-senatoren-drohen-sassnitz-zu-schade... US senators are threatening sanctions against the German harbor town of Sassnitz https://www.dw.com/de/us-senatoren-drohen-sassnitz-zu-schaden/a-54556143 https://www.dw.com/de/us-senatoren-drohen-sassnitz-zu-schade... to prevent the nord stream gas pipeline from being built. They’d prefer if germany bought liquefied gas from the US. (It’s a bit more complicated than that, but the threat is a new escalation)