WASTE. OF. TIME.

If Starmer went up to Trump and punched him straight in the nose, he would instantly gain a boost in approval ratings in the UK.

Trump has been doing a fair bit the last few weeks that legally should have been approved by Congress first but he just did it anyway. He can’t be arrested and the Republican Congress would never impeach him so what exactly is going to stop him?

True but as with other things he is doing that normaly require congress approval it can and likely will be bugged down, at least temporarly, in the court system. This could give ukraine/europe precious time to mitigate any benefits to Russia. Also I believe everyday count more then ever right now.

Every day ukraine still hold is a day less with Trump in power. And with Trump popularity already weakening, mid term election might strip him of a lot of power.

Also the reality in ukraine now is that victory will not be achieve through gaining grounds for either parties. Even with all the help Trump can realisticaly give Russia through lifting sanction it won't change this fact. It might make it easier to sustain economicaly but it won't give the quick resolution Russia and Trump are seeking and as drone warfare devlops further any square miles will require more and more casualty to gain and I believe especialy so for the attacker.

So my question was more about trying to assess what timeframe can we expect Ukraine to still benefits from US sanction on russia is it days, weeks or a few months.

He’d also get a boost in much of the U.S. outside of the South.