By giving support to seizing Russian assets, US will be stepping into uncharted territory.
What happen if other countries doubt and hesitate to trust US with their assets now that it can be seized against their will?
Shia LaBeouf just do it gif
Does Ukraine want republican politicians?
Good, let’s make it happen
The whole premise of this title is wrong. Those are not ‘Russian’ assets. Those are assets Putin and his cronies have stolen and placed in western banks.
>The article says the White House is trying to balance this with concerns that such a move could damage the US financial system’s reputation and trigger a flight from the dollar.
This will be interesting.
That opens pandoras box to the goverment seizing anybodies assests.
If the dollar stays neutral, it will continue to be the global currency of choice. If it gets weaponized, those who don’t agree with us will stop using it. Check out the latest developments in the BRICS bloc of nations to see where this is going
Republicans will find a way to block it.
All this pearl-clutching, it must surely be the case that the US has never seized assets from a hostile foreign power before.
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By giving support to seizing Russian assets, US will be stepping into uncharted territory.
What happen if other countries doubt and hesitate to trust US with their assets now that it can be seized against their will?
Shia LaBeouf just do it gif
Does Ukraine want republican politicians?
Good, let’s make it happen
The whole premise of this title is wrong. Those are not ‘Russian’ assets. Those are assets Putin and his cronies have stolen and placed in western banks.
>The article says the White House is trying to balance this with concerns that such a move could damage the US financial system’s reputation and trigger a flight from the dollar.
This will be interesting.
That opens pandoras box to the goverment seizing anybodies assests.
If the dollar stays neutral, it will continue to be the global currency of choice. If it gets weaponized, those who don’t agree with us will stop using it. Check out the latest developments in the BRICS bloc of nations to see where this is going
Republicans will find a way to block it.
All this pearl-clutching, it must surely be the case that the US has never seized assets from a hostile foreign power before.