on topic of sanctions for12 Dec 2024:

Both the United States and Europe are talking about cracking down on Russian oil revenue and oil exports. And it’s very clear with the incoming Trump Administration that they’re going to resume the maximum pressure, incoming National Security Adviser Michael Waltz told ‘America Reports’ and that too is supporting oil. “You’re going to see a huge shift on Iran,” after Trump takes office on Jan. 20, “We have to constrain their cash. We have to constrain their oil. We have to go back to maximum pressure, number one, which was working under the first Trump administration.”