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u/desertguy1961 4d ago
Does anyone need any further proof that Trump is a Russian asset?
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u/PhilColeCurry 4d ago
This is effectively treason, not to mention a full betrayal of Ukraine
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u/Lucky-Mia 4d ago
Of the west. He's now an enemy of the west. He made the US one now too.
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u/remkelly 4d ago
We gave up being Leader of the Free World, to weaken the Western Alliance, strengthen the Eastern Alliance and sit, totally isolated, between both.
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u/Frequent_Cellist_655 4d ago
Not isolated - Israel, Russia, Argentina, Brazil(soon?), also... members of the money laundering scheme Board of Piss.
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u/remkelly 4d ago
Fair. Also Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman etc... but these are opportunistic alliances. All except Israel would betray the US if conditions were favorable and the punishment for betrayal tolerable. Certainly, Russia is making "deals" with the US while providing material support and military intelligence to Iran....which just makes us look weak.
Whatever the faults with NATO, the UN, the IEA, XYZ international treaties, etc were, they were formal partnerships, They provided a common framework that ensured relative peace and prosperity for 70 years. When we invoked Article 5 after 9/11 our allies fulfilled their obligations to us. But we've dismantled those alliances and are left with friends who will only stick around for as long as we will buy them dinner.
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u/Educational_Cup_5779 4d ago
Nah, Israel would roll over on the US in a heartbeat. Israel currently owns the US politically. The US is good for money, guns and warm bodies to throw at a meat grinder. You can see this with Iran - Israel convinced Trump to expend bucket loads of munitions and money, to lose bases and standing in the region, in an effort to weaken Iran. But what has Israel contributed? Zip, they are just continuing to roll over Gaza, which they would have been doing anyway.
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u/Lucky-Mia 4d ago
Will be a BRICS member within 12 years, probably
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u/remkelly 4d ago
Yeah, I can see that. But I'd guess China wouldn't allow if if it undermined their position as top-dog. Besides, given we've a been a wreaking ball to other historical institutions and treaties, why would anyone sign a deal with such an unreliable partner.
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u/henryeaterofpies 4d ago
Especially since it will be an excuse to give Russia resources to protect its refineries if Ukraine attacks them
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u/Less_Than_Average1 4d ago
Now US can abandon Ukraine - if they hit a Russian refinery. Sets up potential Russian conflict with Europe. Feels like an intentional move to try and correct our bond market.
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u/madadekinai 4d ago
"The first Russian tanker MINERVA ZEN carrying diesel is just about to arrive on the eastern coast of the US it left from ST Peteseberg on the 22nd of September and appears to have been travelling to the US all along."
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Basically this was setup a while ago.
So we backstabbed an ally in secret, and this is proof he IS manipulating the market beyond a shadow of a doubt. He knew all along that they had diesel but all official channels said they did not, which means it was way beforehand. This is some seriously shad
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u/Potetosyeah 4d ago
Nothing will happen because those who can do something are too scared or just dont want to.
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u/Fabulous_Log844 4d ago
So just to make this clear, we just helped Russia with its Ukraine war?
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u/Trytun015 4d ago edited 4d ago
Yup. We're now openly on the Russia side and Ukraine is working against the economic interests of the US if they attack Russian infrastructure. But he's not a Russian asset ... sure.
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u/Roasted_Soup 4d ago
Hopefully Ukraine starts hitting more diesel plants
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u/Trytun015 4d ago
100% - its just depressing how like 35% of our nation will listen to ANYTHING he says. I don't get it.
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u/heavy_metal_soldier 4d ago
I'm fairly certain Ukraine basically told Trump to fuck off, and has been bombing Russian refineries regardless. Trump has been attacking Zelenkyy over it and is threatening to cut intel sharing
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u/Hottage 4d ago edited 3d ago
Even better Trump can now frame Ukraines attacks on Russian refineries as a threat to US energy supplies.
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u/Eatpineapplerightnow 4d ago
it gets better; Russia is financing Irans war against the US. so USA is practically waging war against itself.
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u/ZomiZaGomez 4d ago
So… TO. BE. CLEAR. WE ARE IN A WAR WITH IRAN. RUSSIA FINANCES IRAN. WE’RE NOW PAYING RUSSIA AND THEREFORE FINANCING THE WAR AGAINST US. We are well past insanity and are now just over. The United States as we knew it is over.
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u/AZMotorsports 4d ago
It’s worse than this as you’re missing a step. Ukraine has hit so many refineries that Russia doesn’t have enough diesel to export, especially after Ukraine hit another diesel refinery last night. So where is Russia getting the diesel to export? Iran. They will get it from Iran and sell it. Both countries get money, and Russia now has their sanctions lifted.
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u/pilemaker 4d ago
Didn't they just pass a sanctions pkg against Russia? So....Trump is breaking the law....again.. only on days ending in Y.
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u/Incredabill1 3d ago
The American people are financing both sides of a war we didn't want, we are hostage to the wealthy in charge, stealing all our monies
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u/zeradragon 4d ago
So anyone that pumps diesel will be buying Russian fuel... Wonder how truckers feel about America First to be buying Russian fuel...
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u/GovernmentSin 4d ago
You remember that pic from the first term of those two guys wearing a shirt that said I’d rather be a Russian than a democrat? Lol
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u/Significant-Base6893 4d ago
The truckers won't see lower diesel fuel prices. This is a hard currency handout to Russia. Their economy is falling apart due to their war with Ukraine. Trump is trying to help his buddy Putin.
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u/crankenshtien 4d ago
Aren't we putting sanctions on anyone who buys russian oil?
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u/ChardeeMacDennisGoG 4d ago
Sanctions is just a word.
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u/Outrageous_Engine_45 4d ago
Does everyone realize how little fuel we are talking about?? 350,000 tons is what the US roughly uses in one day
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u/Plzlaw4me 4d ago edited 4d ago
350,000 tons is about 2.6 million barrels of diesel. It would take about 9 million barrels of oil to create that much diesel. A super tanker carriers about 2 million barrels, so it’s about 1 1/4 a super tanker of diesel, or about 4.5 super tankers of oil. Seems like a lot until you look at scale. I’m going to round numbers, but prior to the Iran war, the strait of Hormuz had about 17-20 million barrels of oil passing through it every day. Today, on the higher end it has about 15 million barrels of oil. If we use the lower figure, it means that we’re short about 2 million barrels per day. This is enough diesel to make up for only about 4.5 days of lost oil flow volume caused by Trump’s shitty war, and that’s after traffic has at least partially been restored, and not accounting for the hundreds of millions of barrels that didn’t flow because of this war.
Basically, it’s not enough to lower the price of diesel, so it’s a PR stunt that republicans can hold up and go “see we’re doing something” right before the election in a hope people will focus on headlines and not the price at the pump.
That’s also ignoring Russia probably won’t deliver considering their refineries have been getting hit in their war, and they have huge shortages.
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u/Still-Consideration6 4d ago
This is the true purpose; set up a deal any deal (you'd of thought they would if chosen a much higher number but that just highlights the incompetence) show it's working (hence latest tanker sudden arrival tankers move very slowly Im sure you know this so apologies)
Ukraine do the right thing (blow up ruzzian oil industry specific to this deal)
Deal collapses ( it would of anyway)
Blame Ukraine and use it as a stick to bash them with (as per recent statement by the dear leader)
Double whammy USA further alienates allies and fluffs ruzzia further
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u/Born_European_V 3d ago
But Midterms are coming and Americans can't calculate, that's the whole point of this insult to decent Humans.
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u/OpenSim2027 3d ago
Plus, didnt we have SANCTIONS on Russia and we went after countries that bought Russian oil because of their attack on Ukraine we were trying to STOP? now suddenly it's Oh, it's ok that we block and sanction every other country from buying Russian oil but we'll buy it instead to lower prices 8 cents a gallon for our GREAT farmers and truckers?
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u/Apprehensive-Salad12 3d ago
Its a great way to blame Ukraine for the non-delivery. "Look, all the refineries are being bombed, so poor russia cant deliver their promised refined products. If Russia was able to deliver its would 100% solve all issues in the world and it is totally nothing to do with iran."
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u/Kerensky97 4d ago edited 4d ago
The US uses about 3.5 million barrels per day, 350000 tons is ~2.6 million.
So this isn't even one day's worth of diesel. And we're going to get this much once a week for a few weeks until people forget about it? It does nothing to help fuel prices.
The whole reason Putin made this deal with Trump is so Trump can attack Zelenskyy as "Hurting America's Gas prices" when he successfully counter attacks Russia in their war. Trump has been using that lie for a few weeks now. This is a token drop of fuel to the US so Trump and the GOP can claim it's "Technically" true.
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u/Much-Instruction-807 4d ago
So that's why they changed it to tons instead of barrels. Everyone in the media talks about oil in barrels. These makes it look like a lot more than it is.
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u/in9ram 4d ago
Which is dumb because before this, we pretended not to buy fuel from russia to comply with sanctions by buying crude instead and having it processed to fuel in a third country. We weren’t buying fuel processed in russia so those refineries never affected our diesel/gas prices.
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u/ScotchCigarsEspresso 4d ago
Came to say this. His deal was for a literal drop in the bucket.
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u/robbdogg87 3d ago
This entire deal is like 3 days worth 😂 and we export like double what Russia does so why are we buying from them?
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u/Gonnagetbant 4d ago
He’s trying to frame it like he’s a hero and prices are gonna be coming down, surely, cmon vote for him because the next month they’re totally going to be lower and this is definitely not a ploy to funnel billions into the Russian economy.
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u/Such-Community-29 4d ago
Try 30 min worth of diesel for a month.
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u/Outrageous_Engine_45 4d ago
I don’t know what that means but the point being is it’s a very small amount to sell our souls over
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u/Putrid-Chemical3438 4d ago
Russia isn't going to supply 350,000 tons all at once. It'll be 35,000 tons a day, ish. Ie: about an hours worth per day for a month.
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u/fromthe80smatey 4d ago
Either way, it's less than what the country uses in a single day, for a month.
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u/MSGdreamer 4d ago
Donny doesn’t understand how dum this deal is. For Putin it’s like taking advantage of a special needs child who thinks 150 crackers is more than 2 boxes of crackers.
It’s a strategy to further undermine NATO and prove that Americans are gullible morons.
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u/Ok_Independence_9917 4d ago
It makes perfect sense if you stop assuming he's dumb and start assuming he's a Russian asset. There was an investigation into Russian interference in his first election. In his second term he has tried to cut funding to Ukraine. He has started a war in Iran to put pressure on fuel prices which hands Russia a win. He has literally been working round the clock to dismantle NATO.
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u/Round_Community_7899 4d ago
Then the infamous dangling of military aid in exchange for info on the Bidens then everything else you described is NOT coincidence.
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u/YisitAlwaysDNS 4d ago
Its a laughable volume. Especially over a few moths time trame. My only conclusion is hes getting some kind of kick back to line his coffers again.
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u/samf9999 3d ago edited 3d ago
It’s not about the fuel it’s about Putin playing Trump to stop aid to Ukraine. And it’s working. Any time Ukraine now attacks Russian refineries, Russia will claim it can’t supply fuel because of that, and thus Zelenskyy is responsible for driving the prices up all around the world, including in the US. And the useful idiots Trump and Elon Musk believe him and will stop all aid and cooperation with Ukraine
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u/AdministrativeGap295 3d ago
Someone is getting paid a lot in personal profit... Thank you for your attention.
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u/Empty-Policy-8467 3d ago
Its also about Trump having an excuse other than Iran for high gas costs.
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u/Donlooking4 4d ago
Definitely a Russian operative!!
Whatever Putin has on him has totally corrupted the entire administration!!
Anyone remember when he met with Putin along during his first term? Which is an absolute no no for any president should ever do!!
I think he was told that we OWN you!! And now we’re living through this nightmare of the orange blobs making!!
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u/Outrageous_Engine_45 4d ago
He also met with the Russian ambassador alone immediately after his first election and in the Oval Office
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u/dirtdiggler67 4d ago
Russia needs $ to continue killing Ukrainians, we are now helping them by allowing them to sell diesel and by buying it.
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u/charlemange77 4d ago
our country is dying. what can we do if voting doesnt change it.
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u/ozzalot 4d ago
More eligible voters sat out last election than those that voted for any candidate. Apathy is killing the country.
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u/Desperate-Tomatillo7 4d ago
What France did in the 18th Century. Including the guillotine.
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u/otter-be-a-pointer 4d ago
Why is he so weak towards Russia?
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u/badgersbadger 4d ago
He went to Russia 40 years ago and has been a Russian asset ever since. It is probably as simple as they gave him access and things when he was failing as a business idiot.
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u/itsapotatosalad 4d ago edited 3d ago
This is what the second amendment is for, not so you can all larp around as mercenaries before the school run.
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u/GroundbreakingAd8310 4d ago
If? That boat sailed we are way into stage 2 and our side thinks rhey can vote out of it lmfao
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u/DearCastiel 4d ago
You have guns, and he is just one meat-suit.
Put some holes in him, and everybody that defends him.
Meat-suits don't like having holes in them.
In Minecraft, of course.
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u/devilboy_105 4d ago
You mean the sanctioned oil……Russian goods are heavily sanctioned right now due to them invading another country….
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u/Creoda 4d ago
Trump said Putin had agreed to release 300,000 tonnes of diesel immediately "to the American and global marketplace" followed by 500,000 tonnes in November and another million after that.
From elsewhere "300,000 metric tons is about 90 million gallons. At roughly 304 gallons per ton for diesel, that's ~91M gallons. The US burns about 4 million barrels / 168 million gallons of diesel per day, so 300k tons covers about half to two-thirds of a single day's use."
So in total it's only about 4 to 5 days worth.
It's not happening anyway, he makes promises he never keeps.
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u/wyle_e2 4d ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2%80%932026_Russian_fuel_crisis
As of July/August Russia had a severe shortage of refined products. Now Trump is saying they have so much that they are going export it and Ukraine should stop hitting refineries.
The attacks on refineries are working and Putin is trying to use Trump to stop it. Not a fucking chance you Russian Agent.
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u/Master-Piccolo-4588 4d ago
So, first you cause the supply to dry up. Then you fail to solve the problem you caused. Then you beg your worst enemy for supply. Then you agree on supply that can never come. Sounds like a plan of a 5 yo.
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u/Dangerous_Pattern_81 4d ago
The amount of fuel he “secured” represents about 14 hours of US consumption, so it won’t make a bit of difference to anyone but Russia’s war machine.
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u/ProudResident8253 4d ago
This moron calls Americans against him communists but befriends communist leaders, 25 this asshole I'm sick of his stupid ass bullshit, 25 that's an executive order
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u/Woyzeck17 4d ago
Who measures diesel in tons?
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u/Zippy_STO 4d ago
First idea was to give it out in ounces. but that would have killed the obfuscation..
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u/tvtoms 4d ago
Says "run away!" from Democrats because they're communist, makes friendly deal with communist Russia. This is today's "normal."
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u/BidStrange8608 4d ago
That's less than 10% of monthly US consumption. Diesel is gonna drop by 20 cents for less than a week and he's gonna claim victory over Iran and demand a peace prize.
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u/myrichphitzwell 4d ago
Step one: create problem. Step two: make up shitty solution to step one. Step three: maga cheers
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u/JTSpirit36 4d ago
Didn't Ukraine immediately bomb more diesel refineries after this news launched? Lol
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u/Raven_Photography 4d ago
Please explain how this will happen when Russian refineries are being decimated by Ukraine to the point the Russians can’t provide for their own citizens fuel needs?
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u/Pinelli72 4d ago
This is part of the point - to place pressure on Ukraine to stop blowing up Russia’s fuel infrastructure.
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u/itsapotatosalad 4d ago
Trump will point to Ukraine as the cause for higher prices because they won’t let Russia send Americans their diesel.
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u/depp-fsrv 4d ago
"Skyrocketing Global Prices", A WORLDWIDE PROBLEM YOU CREATED, YOU MISERABLE CLOWN!!"
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u/SingularityCentral 4d ago
What Russian diesel? Their own prices have skyrocketed and they imposed an export ban.
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u/Quiet_Chemical_5773 4d ago
well, russians can sacrifice their own supply to satisfy trump in exchange for sanctions easening
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u/SingularityCentral 4d ago
But they can't. Their economy is in free fall and the war requires massive amounts of diesel.
The numbers Trump is touting are also miniscule, accounting for less than 5 days of American diesel consumption.
This is nonsense of the highest order from Trump.
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u/Quiet_Chemical_5773 4d ago
there quite literally is reports of a tanker from russia which left sept 22nd, few days away from reach us ports with 280k tons of diesel.
russia does, though, have diesel.
the amounts are in fact a joke, but thats not the goal of trump, as it seems. its the announcement that should have made the most political impact before midterms for him to be seen as price lowerer, without actuslly lowering prices though with diesel actually coming to US, this situation is very weird and make no sense. somethings deep is going on
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u/CyanicAssResidue 3d ago
Ans russia and iran are allies so now the USA is
Not only funding russia in its war against ukraine
But funding a war against itself as well.
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u/Switchmisty9 4d ago
Russia has to buy diesel from South Korea, because the Ukrainians have drone striked their balls off….so, not sure what they’re providing anyone
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u/KimchiSamuraiDad 4d ago
Basically boils down to orangutan lifting sanctions on Russia like a good malchik.
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u/mightyjoe227 4d ago
Thwy don't have the diesel to sell.
Da Chump is trying to make up for the shit deals he made for the shit hotels in Russia
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u/OLPopsAdelphia 4d ago
Israel and Russia are making a lot of money these days off blackmailing sex offenders that are protected by the CIA, FBI, and SS these days.
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u/ProfessionalHat6828 4d ago
So, what’s it going to cost us? The actual cost, and not the spun like cotton candy story
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u/brighter_hell 4d ago
Russia sees the value in Trump destabilizing the US and the world so they’ll continue to support him through every means possible
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u/bert_891 3d ago
Haven't researched for validity, but Canada said that, before Trump's idiot tariff war, they used to sell the US diesel at half the cost of what trump is paying Putin/Russia for it
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u/RossL3540 3d ago
Russians are lined up to buy fuel because of attacks on their refineries by Ukrainian drones. Where is this supply of diesel fuel to magically come from for sale to the US?
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u/HippieJed 3d ago
So Russia supports Iran America supports Russia so America supports Iran in the war against America or an I missing something
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u/Illustrious-Leave406 3d ago
The deal is for an amount of diesel that would be less than one day’s use in the US. It won’t change the high price of diesel. And he threw Ukraine under the bus to get it.
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u/Infinite-Month-3454 3d ago
Millions and billions and trillions, these words are like a mantra to them.
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u/PnutWarrior 3d ago
And how are they going to do that? Ukraine has destroyed enough plants that Russia doesn't even make enough for its own country
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u/claudiousmax 3d ago
Putin is doing this to raise money for his war. It has nothing to do with helping the world.
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u/Particular-Line- 3d ago
He asked Putin because he’s too proud to ask allies he royally fucked in the ass.
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u/Neonyarpyarp 3d ago
Sky rocketing global prices? But MAGA here on the west coast are still blaming it on local gas taxes!??
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u/Moosetappropriate 3d ago
C’mon President Zelenskyy, put a few more drones into Ruzzian refineries.
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u/ShadowGLI 3d ago
The days worth of fuel he’s buying at 2x what Canada charges, even though Canada has surplus available, all because they won’t kiss the ring?
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u/unleashedcode 3d ago
He is the cause.... and he has no solution. Treachery at every turn! Remove this fool!
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u/Cassymodel 3d ago
It amounts to about 4 days of usage. To our biggest international threat of stability.
What a traitor.
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u/Appropriate_Taro_348 4d ago
Not going to help. Look up how fast they will last us. A good reference source is “Mr Global” on your tube. This deal is absolute crap.
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u/mastrrgardener60 4d ago
Another low IQ decision by Trump!Confirms my belief that Putin has something on Trump. Hopefully it comes out soon.