That was also the official argument from Karoline Leavitt, spokesperson of the White House, although last years trading volume between Russia and the US still was about 3.5 billion USD (roughly three times of what Ukraine - US traded).

The question whether tariffs for Russia makes sense or not is rendered meaningless given the fact that the whole tariff plan is just wild (super small countries with a mimiscule part of trading volume still got heavily sanctioned etc).

You are right that we should not spread hysteria, but we should still question statements coming from government officials.

I am using Vesktop, too. Why do you want to get rid of it?

Man, I came across his channel some years ago watching his Game Dungeon about Baldies. This was so hilarious, I rewatched it a couple of times. Great channel and thanks for posting!