Would boycotting Russia wipe the smile off of Putin's face?
The Republicans and Russians just tricked America into a bad deal. We have a classless, lying jerk about to become our great nation's leader thanks to the Republicans and Russians. Trump, Putin, and the Republicans made America look small and stupid. We need to wipe the smile off of their faces.
Putin is a sitting duck, in my opinion. That stubby, squinty-eyed, scheming little bastard needs to suffer. He deceived America into electing Trump, and he's probably smoking a cigar and feeling all successful and gloaty. He needs comeuppance. We need to turn Putin's little coup into his Waterloo. You know the end scene in "Dangerous Liaisons?" Like that, but on a worldwide scale.
I think, at least for the near future, I'm not buying anything I can trace to Russia. Hopefully our friends in all other countries feel the same way. If we want to punish Putin, we just don't buy Russian. If we want to punish Trump and his Republicans, we don't buy Russian. We can punish the Russians now by imposing a worldwide, voluntary boycott on all Russian goods. American voters, made fools of by Putin in 2016, can punish Putin's Republican friends in 2018.
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That's all I know of in the U.S.
Top 10
The following export product groups represent the highest dollar value in Russian global shipments during 2015. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of overall exports from Russia.
1. Gems, precious metals: US$7.4 billion (2.2% of total exports)
2. Machines, engines, pumps: $8.1 billion (2.4%)
3. Cereals: $5.5 billion (1.7%)
4. Aluminum: $6.9 billion (2.1%)
5. Wood: $6.2 billion (1.8%)
6. Fertilizers: $8.6 billion (2.6%)
7. Copper: $4.2 billion (1.2%)
8. Iron and steel: $14.9 billion (4.5%)
9. Oil: $168.7 billion (50.6%)
10. Inorganic chemicals: $3.7 billion (1.1%)
http://www.worldstopexports.com/russias-top-10-exports/
