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This has Trump on something of a war footing with the Federal Reserve.
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William Pesek, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Russia’s total, $462 billion, was also larger, despite its far smaller economy, having retooled its entire economy on a war footing since invading Ukraine three years ago.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2025
Heavily sanctioned Russia, whose economy has been put on a war footing for the last couple of years, will also be relishing the possibility that sanctions could be lifted as part of a peace deal.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2025
Russian planners may also have assumed that Ukraine’s forces would not be ready because the Ukrainian government did not move to a war footing until a few weeks before the invasion.
—Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2023
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William Pesek, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Russia’s total, $462 billion, was also larger, despite its far smaller economy, having retooled its entire economy on a war footing since invading Ukraine three years ago.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2025
Heavily sanctioned Russia, whose economy has been put on a war footing for the last couple of years, will also be relishing the possibility that sanctions could be lifted as part of a peace deal.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2025
Russian planners may also have assumed that Ukraine’s forces would not be ready because the Ukrainian government did not move to a war footing until a few weeks before the invasion.
—Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2023
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“War footing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20footing. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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