The reason Germany and Russia aren't directly fighting has little to do with trade.
"Russia's problem is with the US" implies that Putin's motivation for invading Ukraine had much to do with the US. I find it strange that westerners are so willing ignore all of the historical irredentism, revisionism, and general nonsense that Putin has been spouting for years and instead insist that the invasion of Ukraine has to do with NATO expansion, something Putin almost never brings up (in comparison to the aforementioned reasons) and in practice clearly isn't concerned since they removed 90% of their troops from the Baltic / Nordic / Polish borders.
"Russia's problem is with the US" implies that Putin's motivation for invading Ukraine had much to do with the US. I find it strange that westerners are so willing ignore all of the historical irredentism, revisionism, and general nonsense that Putin has been spouting for years and instead insist that the invasion of Ukraine has to do with NATO expansion, something Putin almost never brings up (in comparison to the aforementioned reasons) and in practice clearly isn't concerned since they removed 90% of their troops from the Baltic / Nordic / Polish borders.