> I don't know - is allowing the sale of previously sanctioned Russian oil a trade war? Who said anything about that? I'm referring to https://en.wikipedia.org

> I don't know - is allowing the sale of previously sanctioned Russian oil a trade war? Who said anything about that? I'm referring to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93United_States_trade_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93United_States_tr... > They are verbally attacking the UK, Germany, Spain, Denmark, Canada, raising and lowering tariffs randomly, if there is some grand plan in all of this it's hidden very well. The tariffs are more than verbal attacks and the ostensible lack of a grand plan doesn't change the reality of what's happening. > Of course I know about Venezuela and Cuba, Yes, that's what I was referring to, and Iran obviously. > it's quite a stretch to claim that the US is aggressive towards them because of the tensions with Russia or China That claim hasn't been made. I'm just pointing out that they're not the passive spectators unable to take any action like was suggested above with questions like "Well what would they do?" and the suggestions they would do "nothing" like they had done before. > If there was a coherent strategy, Again, having a plan or a strategy isn't important for the question at hand.