…..he removed the roadblocks for the Russian pipeline to Europe, and simultaneously cut our own pipeline that could have been used to export along with Canada to them instead. (Biden did it to appease the Global Warmists but really didn’t accomplish anything for them since he allowed the completion of a different pipeline in a country with no oversight standards by comparison).
But to my point….our European allies are beholden to Russia now for their cheaper energy. As a result, their normal strong opposition to Russian invading Ukraine has faded. This was not only an negative economic error for the US, it was a positive economic error for our enemy Tussia, and also a foreign policy error as mentioned wrt Ukraine. The US cannot stand against Putin’s actions I. Ukraine without its allies support in Europe.
The US has no really good chips with which to bargain after that decision short of armed conflict which issue on the table.
Addendum - I did forget our best bargaining chip remains which is arming the Ukrainians and handing Russia an Afghanistan like problem that they know they would regret. The Ukraine is a huge country with many people who would resist communist Russia to the end.