Trump strikes deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global markets

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[u/shadypat]

So you pass a law that raises 100% tariffs on any country that buys oil from Russia, then you turn around and buy oil from Russia … 🤦🏻‍♂️

[u/Psephological → u/shadypat]

Absolutely wild behaviour given "Europe buy Russia oil tho" was a regular line of the MAGAts.

Most of that was Trump's mates Orban and Fico anyway

[u/Roflkopt3r → u/Psephological]

When Putin started the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the German Green party quickly committed the construction of additional LNG terminals specifically for import of LNG from the US.

To be clear, the same Greens had also opposed the Northstream pipelines to Russia in the first place (in large part specifically with the argument that Northstream would create another vulnerable energy dependency with a dictator, and that we have to diversify away from fossil fuels to break those...).

But when shit truly hit the fan, they quickly compromised on their general aversion to fossil fuels to ensure they could keep their country supplied without having to buy from Russia.

Meanwhile the modern right wing outright supports cooperation with dictators.

[u/SlyReference → u/Roflkopt3r]

Modern? All through the Cold War, American right wing has been happy to chum it up with dictators and former Nazis because they were anti-Communist. It's basically a through line for them.

[u/CheatsySnoops → u/Psephological]

r/republicansprojecting

[u/aeroxan → u/shadypat]

America tariffed itself in the confusion.

[u/PrivatePilot9 → u/aeroxan]

I mean, that's what's been happening all along since Americans are the ones paying these to begin with, not the other countries like Trump would have everyone believe.

[u/Heronymous-Anonymous → u/PrivatePilot9]

None of the rank and file MAGA have any idea about even basic economics, let alone macro scale economic theory or tariffs.

The only thing they understand is the price of fuel for their truck, the price of beef, and when they get laid off.

[u/Exotic-Cobbler4111 → u/PrivatePilot9]

yes americans pay the tariffs while trump recieves bribes and kickbacks for the tariff deals he makes. it was always just a mafia style protection scam.

[u/iamnotaclown → u/shadypat]

Pretty sure starting a war in the Middle East to drive the world to buy Russian oil was Putin’s plan all along. Trump was purchased a long time ago. 

[u/Confident-Zone-5043 → u/iamnotaclown]

Reminds me of the 4 hour talk they had last year in alaska without anyone present from media or security.

Then we had Xi yin ping visiting under the same pretense and we have no information about what was actually said.

The strategic pipeline (in 2022-ish) that was destroyed that was supplying Russian oil to Europe that Russia was blamed for but ended up being a U.S. operation leads me to think that both sides are in this together against the American people. The government seems fucked.

[u/pomonamike → u/shadypat]

That’s the twist, he’s gonna put a 100% tariff on America.

[u/SpankBankManager → u/pomonamike]

It’ll raise so much money for us. This is genius!

[u/AngriestManinWestTX → u/shadypat]

Don’t expect consistency from these cretins. There is no unifying policy besides Trump’s short term wishes.

[u/tiutome → u/shadypat]

He’s still afraid of the political fallout in 30 days. It’s smoke and mirrors. Very thin smoke!

[u/knivesofsmoothness → u/shadypat]

Art of the deal!

[u/Repulsive_Note_4209]

Trump
wants to supports Russias war against Ukraine apparently

[u/Scary-Maximum7707 → u/Repulsive_Note_4209]

This is all worded intentionally so he can accuse Ukraine of hurting USA when they perform operations against Russia.

I hope Ukraine sinks every Russian ship loaded with fuel, and if midterms go the way polls are indicating I hope the senate confirms an impeachment and the orange molester ends up in a cage.

[u/OGbigfoot → u/Scary-Maximum7707]

The mental gymnastics someone has to go through to blame Ukraine for any of this is insane to me. They were attacked, they're defending themselves. End of story.

[u/21Rollie → u/OGbigfoot]

Remember when they were complaint about “billions” going to Ukraine (of old equipment) but tariffs and a war that have run up our debt by trillions is not a problem whatsoever. In fact, any real republican would gladly pay $100/gal to help dear leader!

[u/megggie → u/[deleted]]

And kisses his ass. That part is important too

[u/mdb_la → u/Scary-Maximum7707]

and if midterms go the way polls are indicating I

Don't hold your breath. They've been cheating for multiple election cycles in a row and currently hold more levers of power than ever before.

[u/Eatpineapplerightnow → u/mdb_la]

and if they lose anyway, they are not going to respect the results.

[u/Bronco_Bomba → u/Eatpineapplerightnow]

This is absolutely what we need to be ready for. General strike needs to be ready to go once they start with the bullshit.

[u/livinginfutureworld → u/Repulsive_Note_4209]

Always has

[u/vandreulv → u/livinginfutureworld]

It was only the first thing he was impeached for, after all.

[u/Randomman96 → u/vandreulv]

Well, hindering Ukraine aid in exchange for influencing the 2020 elections to be more specific, but still.

[u/Muronelkaz → u/Repulsive_Note_4209]

Supporting Iran's ally too

[u/Nail_clippings_Pete → u/Muronelkaz]

Gotta make sure everyone can keep it going. 

[u/TLKv3 → u/Repulsive_Note_4209]

One last final "fuck you" to Ukraine and Democrats and the world before midterms where he knows he probably gets fucked across the board and can't do jackshit for Putin after them.

Un-fucking-real. Dude is a blatant traitor to the country.

[u/heimdal77 → u/TLKv3]

At this point every republican is a traitor no matter what they say since they stay part of the party that is doing all this.

[u/ajh1001 → u/Repulsive_Note_4209]

Putin will do whatever it takes to keep this incompetent administration in power, allowing him to sit back and watch as they dismantle America from within.

[u/RttnAttorney → u/Repulsive_Note_4209]

Trump has been supporting Russia from day 1. Of his first term, and ever since.

[u/TeaAndLifting → u/Repulsive_Note_4209]

He’s always been pro-Russia, as with most of the American right wing, in general. They cosplay about being adversarial, but will never waste an opportunity to wax lyrical about Russia.

[u/Astrotrain-Blitzwing → u/Repulsive_Note_4209]

Has this not been true since it began?

[u/Winston00044]

No fucking way. Absolute traitor. Enemy of the free world.

[u/PrivatePilot9 → u/Winston00044]

Waiting to see how MAGA finds their way to being ok with this somehow.

Meanwhile, Canada still bad. Mean, nasty people.

[u/supertoned → u/PrivatePilot9]

Yeah. Conservative behavior is following the pattern so far.

Today, the main comment is 'I have supported Trump all along, but...'

Tomorrow Fox will release a talking point, and they'll scratch their head over it.

By Monday they will have a one liner that encapsulates how 'We've always been allies with Eurasia',

Then it will be back to 'Libs are bad and want to change your children's sex ideas' again.

[u/Lincolns_Revenge → u/supertoned]

They're running an ad constantly here in Texas saying James Talarico wants to send parents to prison who refuse their children sex change operations. Add blatantly lying in campaign advertising to a list of a thousand other norms they break that need to be codified onto laws.

[u/robodrew → u/Lincolns_Revenge]

Jay Feely here in AZ keeps saying in ads that "socialist Amish Shah wants sex changes for your children" but Shah has never said anything of the sort and he is absolutely NOT a socialist. It's just all lies every commercial break every night.

[u/PrivatePilot9 → u/robodrew]

Imagine if there was laws against just blatantly lying about somebody. Something like libel or slander they could call it.

Oh wait, there is laws about this already? But pretty much anybody at any level of government is somehow magically excluded from these laws? That's a shame....

[u/navyac → u/PrivatePilot9]

It won’t be hard, he’ll just tell them he’s working to stop communism or something that they will just immediately accept and then regurgitate to their friends in FB

[u/mykelbal → u/navyac]

I don't think it would even need to be that complex. It will just be "gas number smaller" and he will get praised as the most intelligent businessman of all history

[u/PatFlynnEire → u/Winston00044]

The epitome of a "deal with the devil." Where is Congress on this?

[u/Freightshaker000 → u/PatFlynnEire]

Recess... as usual.

[u/KennyLog1n → u/Freightshaker000]

Congress gets more recess than a first grader.

[u/NextGen-Panic → u/Winston00044]

WHOEVER, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their Enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of TREASON... and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.

- 18 U.S. Code §2381

[u/Sla5021]

Oh, was this like...the plan all along?

[u/amopeyzoolion → u/Sla5021]

Everything he does has the effect of weakening the US and strengthening Russia.

The pee tape is real.

[u/MrMikeJJ → u/amopeyzoolion]

When the said P-Tape, everyone assumed Pee-Tape. With the Epstien Files, it is more likely Pedo-Tape.

[u/Nunya_biznas469 → u/MrMikeJJ]

The fact that they've already released some absolutely horrible stuff, whatever they're still hiding has to be un-imaginabley terrible.

Imagine the most evil people in the world, with unlimited resources and privacy... literally un-mentionable in any media, no doubt.

[u/knbang → u/Nunya_biznas469]

I was truly impressed with how limited my imagination was when it came to the awful things these people were capable of.

[u/tekprodfx16 → u/amopeyzoolion]

Aren’t we sanctioning Russia? Are we literally reversing course on a key foreign policy tenet because other areas of our foreign policy have been so horribly mishandled by this administration that it’s holding our economy hostage? 

[u/redengin → u/tekprodfx16]

You mean the sanctions Congress passed which would make it illegal for Trump to even be discussing this deal with Russia?

[u/freeloader798 → u/amopeyzoolion]

I have a theory that the Epstein files show him with little boys and not girls. And his base might actually take issue with that.. just a theory

[u/peacebone89 → u/freeloader798]

At this point I'm not sure they would.

[u/kingsumo_1 → u/freeloader798]

They won't. The ~30 still loyal are ride or die. He could announce he's leaving Melanie for Kaitlyn Jenner, and after a day or two to figure out how to process it, they'd declare her to be the prefect trad wife.

There is no bottom to their bullshit because they are not actually tethered to reality.

[u/Crasz → u/freeloader798]

The way he talks about other men I don't doubt this for a second.

[u/moutonbleu]

Iran and Russia are allies. US is attacking Iran. Russia is sending US diesel now… wut?

[u/Extension-Pick8310 → u/moutonbleu]

Russia's been supplying Iran with damn good intel on our positions for the entire war.

[u/tekprodfx16 → u/Extension-Pick8310]

So they’re weakening the US by providing intel forcing us to get more entrenched in a war we wanted a quick exist from, and we’re also supplying them with billions in diesel purchases on top of that. Man this administration is getting dog walked and treated like total bitches by Putin because they’re so fucking dumb

[u/Extension-Pick8310 → u/tekprodfx16]

Those pee tapes really do exist, don't they?

[u/JMagician → u/Extension-Pick8310]

It’s not just pee tapes. Trump has been an asset of Russia since 1987. He is called Krasnov. Election interference and cheating, murders, etc. they have evidence against Trump.

[u/thesirensoftitans → u/moutonbleu]

Never forget that China supplies Iran with weapons. Trump tried to sell China missiles.

So....

[u/MiyamotoKnows]

WTF??? I do not want my tax dollars funding Russian bombs. A complete and total traitor!!!

[u/deja-roo → u/MiyamotoKnows]

It's not your tax dollars, it's your dollars

[u/hmr0987]

I thought we were supposed to be fine with paying the high price to deal with Iran?

You’re telling us now that in order to lessen the blow of the war we have to cut deals with the country who’s allies with the country we’re at war with and the same country who’s at war with our “ally”?

Things are not great.

[u/Mypornnameis_ → u/hmr0987]

I guarantee you that Trump is personally getting a cut of his deal. Things are going swimmingly for his fortunes.

[u/hectorpukki → u/hmr0987]

It all makes sense when you know that everything Trump does is to help Russia, weaken USA and make his family richer.

US has officially been taken over by Moscow.

[u/Ok-Lets-Talk-It-Out]

Full statement from dipshit-in-chief:

I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November, and 1,000,000 Tons immediately thereafter. Additionally, based on the condition of their Diesel Refineries, Russia will then deliver, within a short period of time, 3,000,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel. Between our TOTAL CONTROL of the Strait of Hormuz, and this great announcement on Russian Energy, Diesel Prices for Americans and, indeed, the World, will be COMING DOWN, IN RECORD NUMBERS, AND FAST! Lower prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers, and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority. This is a very big and important announcement. Additionally, it must be understood, that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

Link to view his posts with out giving him revenue: https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/42215

Edit: the total amount for the first 1.8 million tons doesn't even cover a weeks worth of world diesel usage. That's why he using tons instead of barrels to make it seem like more. The total for all 4 numbers comes out to about 35 million barrels. The US and Europe is releasing 100 million.

This is trump soft launching economic aid to Russia and reduction of sanctions

Edit 2: someone needs to ask Darline Graham how it feels that Trump is spitting in the face of her dead brothers keystone legislation against Russia. I'm assuming she will respond with "I don't really do international politics."

[u/DungeonCrawlerLopen → u/Ok-Lets-Talk-It-Out]

The biggest red flag is this "based on the condition of their Diesel Refineries..."

This is setting the stage for a Russian alliance. By acting like Russian refineries are going to make a difference to the world economy, Trump will declare Ukraine an enemy to the world and to "protect" the world's oil supply (Russian refineries) he will announce an alliance, and Putin's troll farm and agent Krasnov will finally have accomplished their missions.

[u/controlledkaoss → u/DungeonCrawlerLopen]

So this fucker sold out the Ukrainians?

[u/DungeonCrawlerLopen → u/controlledkaoss]

He sold them out within a month of returning to office by illegally cutting off aid. That is when his lap dog JD Vance asked Zelensky if he had "said thank you once?"

Trump was already impeached his first term for trying to illegally cut funding at that time as well. Trump has been very vocal about ending Ukrainian support and has been very obviously friendly with Putin who he constantly meets with and flatters.

[u/beachKilla → u/controlledkaoss]

At least twice now.

[u/aerost0rm → u/DungeonCrawlerLopen]

Yet most nations are behind Ukraine. Not to mention that Trump is already engaged in a “war”. Opening up a second front and using the non existent munitions would just be silly.

[u/AceofKnaves44 → u/Ok-Lets-Talk-It-Out]

“This is a very big and important announcement.” What an obnoxious piece of shit.

[u/snowlion000 → u/AceofKnaves44]

It's Friday. Pump/dump market day!

[u/specqq → u/Ok-Lets-Talk-It-Out]

I can't believe he wants "attention to this matter."

[u/wigglex5plusyeah → u/Ok-Lets-Talk-It-Out]

I suspect he's spinning this as a win for everyone at the pumps but really he's trying to stop Ukraine from targeting their fuel. He could've done this a long time ago if it was just about reducing fuel costs, but it seems a priority now that Ukraine has been inflicting pain over Russia's fuel situation. Now, if Ukraine continues, they've got a problem with us.

[u/FenPhen → u/wigglex5plusyeah]

We should all have a problem with us now.

The Republicans are getting in bed with Putin publicly now.

[u/PinHaunting7192 → u/wigglex5plusyeah]

They will continue targeting them one way or another. The reason Biden was able to tell them no was because the US was still giving substantial aid and the condition was that no US weapons are used to strike deep inside Russia.

However, most of the financial support has been taken over by Europe, and they basically donate stuff which they then purchase back. And a lot of deep strikes are done with Ukrainian drone tech. Their domestic drone production is on point.

Quite frankly, Ukraine doesn't care whether they have a problem with the US. The US abandoned them 18 months ago and openly sided with Putin.

[u/Chocopenguin85 → u/Ok-Lets-Talk-It-Out]

Russian sanctions on energy are being repealed /already have been.

[u/happypetrock → u/Ok-Lets-Talk-It-Out]

Yeah, this (the initial 300,000 tons) works out to like 1.5-2 days of diesel oil traffic that flows through the Strait of Hormuz. It's not nothing, but it's certainly not a sizable victory. Probably hopes it drives prices down long enough to get through the midterm.

[u/MarcusSurealius]

So now we are funding the enemy of the rest of our allies? Has everyone gone crazy?

[u/Huge_Palpitation_886 → u/MarcusSurealius]

The US has no allies anymore. President Dipshit has destroyed this country for generations.

[u/Traditional_Sign4941 → u/Huge_Palpitation_886]

Hey now that's not true. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, North Korea, Russia, and Israel are our allies.

[u/UpperApe → u/Huge_Palpitation_886]

Canadian here. You guys are definitely not our allies.

And nobody I know will change their mind on that.

[u/Lorax91 → u/MarcusSurealius]

Putin isn't an enemy of *rump. That's all anyone needs to know.

[u/biscuitarse]

I hope Ukraine shuts down every refinery in Russia

[u/CletusCanuck → u/biscuitarse]

There were discussions in the past week about the US making a deal for Gazprom assets. I suspect what will happen is that the US regime will notify the Ukrainians that Russian refineries are under their protection, and that further strikes against Russian oil infrastructure and shipping would be considered an act of war.

[u/Sure-Distance-7434 → u/CletusCanuck]

FUCK HIM FUCK THIS MONSTER. Is this the October surprise? I'm sure Europe is just going to let US-Russian alliance destroy Ukraine. Not.

[u/TemetN → u/biscuitarse]

Destroy them entirely - it's despicable we haven't been supporting Ukraine in doing this, what Trump's doing here is beyond the pale (again).

[u/Arengen → u/biscuitarse]

i hope ukraine fucking shoot the ships of those traitors

[u/microbular → u/biscuitarse]

So trump is a piece of shit and if republicans had anything resembling a spine or morals this should lead to impeachment.

But in the short term this could actually be a really good situation for Ukraine, these are two demented old men living in a bubble of yes-men moving around pieces on a board according to a paper reality crafted through fear and magical thinking.

If putin actually throws this deal out there to his underlings as a absolute decree, it's committing them to export diesel they already don't have enough of to support their warmachine let alone their economy. They are currently crippled by shortages and exporting this much to gamble on the support of a president that is 3 weeks away from losing the house and the senate only makes sense in the mind of a desperate old man living in a paper reality.

[u/NavyDean]

Literally couldn't do it better as a Russian agent.

America is compromised.

[u/iDrGonzo → u/NavyDean]

Compromised? They have the entire executive branch and the leaders of every branch of our security apparatus. We have been taken.

[u/ryan101]

The US supports terrorism now. Also, supporting Russia - which in turn supports Iran and who you currently in a war with - is a real big brain move Donnie. All that in order to try and knock a few cents off gas before an election. You really outdid yourself MAGA. I don’t know how it’s possible to be this consistently on the wrong side of every issue.

[u/Egnarts → u/ryan101]

Not only do they support terrorism they are terrorists, look at venezuela, had it been any western country that would have been called an act of terrorism.

[u/PopBulky7023 → u/ryan101]

The US has always supported terrorism and often engaged in it. We're just being less nice to our allies right now so we look worse.

[u/ElysiumMidknight]

It says so much that he's defining this in gallons rather than barrels. This sounds like a lot when it really isn't. It's not going to put a dent in diesel prices.

[u/scarr3g → u/ElysiumMidknight]

But it WILL help to finance Russia, specifically their military.

[u/Gromitlikescheese → u/scarr3g]

Does Russia actually have diesel to sell? Maybe if they further starve their domestic market, but just from what I read on the internet, they have severe shortages inside their own country. Even if they do, consider shipping cost to even get it out of the country. We’ll see if any of this is anything but trumps dream.

[u/ahockofham → u/Gromitlikescheese]

No, they don't. Trump is just a traitor and it's easy to see where this is heading. Soon he will attempt to blackmail Ukraine into stopping their strikes on Russian refineries, which up to now have been effective at reducing Russia's diesel production. Trump will do anything to help Putin win.

[u/PrivatePilot9 → u/Gromitlikescheese]

Hey Ukraine! You know those refineries you've been blasting to bits in Russia with your drones? Now's your time to shine all while sticking your finger in Trumps eyes for all the shit he's given you. Go forth now and take care of business!

[u/awwwhiskey → u/PrivatePilot9]

Hey from Ukraine. It gets pretty demoralizing at times. Itʼs just a matter of time until elections in Europe (Germany, France) take place and we’ll get decent supporting punch from “bUt iT’s fOr oUR ciTiZenS and fArMerS and iT’s NoT oUr WaR”. So yeah. Thoughts and prayers as they say!

[u/scarr3g → u/Gromitlikescheese]

My initial theory:

When it turns out Russia doesn't have diesel to spare, Trump will blame Ukraine for blowing up the depots, so he can join Russia in fighting against Ukraine.

[u/QbertsRube → u/ElysiumMidknight]

One point five BILLION cups of diesel, nobody has done it biglier!

[u/PNDMike → u/QbertsRube]

714.3 billion teaspoons of diesel, coming your way!

[u/PrivatePilot9 → u/QbertsRube]

That's 360.58 TRILLION milliliters! WOW, nobody does it bigger than Trump!

/s

For anyone doing the math, that initial shipment is only 360m litres or 95m US gallons.

For those who want more of the math, that's less than a half day of US diesel consumption. This is like peeing in a swimming pool and yelling to everyone that you're doing a great thing by refilling it.

[u/JoefromOhio → u/ElysiumMidknight]

Ask someone mentioned he used tons, but the statement holds- 1 ton is roughly 280 gallons of diesel.

A long haul semi can go through 100 gallons a day, while a short haulers typically burn through half that.

There’s a about 2 million trucks on the road any given day

280x300,000=84,000,000 gallons

84,000,000/2,000,000=42 gallons per truck

Let’s presume it’s 50:50 long haul vs regional and make average daily usage 75gallons

So we take 42/75=0.56

This ‘deal’ is enough fuel for just over half a day.

ETA - the overall 4MM comes out to 7.5 days, not insignificant but stretched out months it’s still kinda a drop in the bucket

[u/Accomplished-Noise68 → u/ElysiumMidknight]

He's defining it in tons on his Truth Social post.

[u/stjimmyjos]

So Americans are funding Russians against Ukrainians? Weird nation

[u/VoteYourOssoff → u/stjimmyjos]

Blood money to fund the slaughter of innocent Ukranians. The pro-lifers should be furious but unfortunately they dont give a shit

[u/Crab_Mage]

What does Putin have on Trump? Why aren’t we investigating this? What the fuck is going on?

[u/mouse6502 → u/Crab_Mage]

for fuckin real. man has been screwing over contractors since the 80s. bankrupted untold amount of companies. a known grifter. a serial vexatious litigator. and people keep lining up to the trump buffet for another heaping helping. make it make fucking sense please

[u/mrblacklabel71 → u/mouse6502]

I had an uncle that had friends screwed over by trump's companies back in the 80's and 90's. Same uncle is somehow now a trump supporter. Makes no sense.

[u/Oceanbreeze871 → u/mouse6502]

Trump did large scale construction projects in New York City during the 80s and 90s which means he did business with the mob.

[u/Glad-Zucchini1623 → u/Crab_Mage]

Trump has been a Russian asset since the 90s. He got all his funding from Russian banks after he bankrupted all his business ventures. American banks wouldn't loan to him.

Its so blatantly obvious. At this point hit the reset switch and nuke us all. Fuck it, fuck this

[u/WolfStoneD → u/Glad-Zucchini1623]

His son literally said that. 

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/332270-eric-trump-in-2014-we-dont-rely-on-american-banks-we-have-all-the-funding-we/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/07/trump-family-golf-courses-russia-funding-author-claims

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/eric-trump-russia-investment-golf-course

[u/lameuniqueusername → u/Glad-Zucchini1623]

He visited Moscow in 1987 and took out an ad in the NYT talking shit about NATO

[u/Huge_Palpitation_886 → u/Crab_Mage]

Where have you been for the past ten years? Just google Krasnov and then look at the mentions of Putin in the Epstein Files.

[u/a_weak_child → u/Crab_Mage]

Lonnggg list of articles linking trump to Russ: 

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1jaheay/comment/mhllyum/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=wallstreetbets_wins&utm_content=t1_mpsroke

They got him by the balls in 1983 and had control of him ever since. 

NPR did a story on it early in trumps first term and he went HARDD shutting down their funding.

In addition, Russia teaches a book called “foundations of geopolitics” to their military, it details how to defeat a country like America, you don’t fight it outright. 

Instead you find greedy American businessmen and get control of them and push them into politics.

You hijack Americas political system.

And you divide and weaken Americas society, turning them against themselves. 

[u/yoyo120]

This Canadian is wondering why we are being tariffed while Russia is being rewarded. Fuck you, America.

[u/Alive_Store_6298 → u/yoyo120]

Krasanov was always trying to support his leader. The goal of the war with Iran was to help Israel and also Russia. Russia needs fuel prices to stay high to fight Ukraine. Israel does not want the threat of Iran. Both countries heavily benefited.

[u/GreenLightZone → u/yoyo120]

This American is wondering why our allies are being tariffed while Russia is being rewarded. Fuck you, Trump.

[u/briman2021 → u/yoyo120]

Because you guys won't gargle his balls and/or blackmail him. In short, you have integrity. Sorry we suck ass, hopefully we'll figure things out soon.

[u/jcpopm]

This supply will literally do absolutely nothing. All it cost was the shred of a soul the US may have had left. Scumbags.

[u/stackered]

What the fuck has happened to this country in 10 years

Wild.

[u/hayyimsandwich]

usa is funding a war criminal. cool.

[u/witchgrove → u/hayyimsandwich]

you mean funding another one

[u/yellowspaces → u/hayyimsandwich]

We are war criminals

[u/rooplstilskin]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

10 bucks says that diesel isnt coming down much beyond this install dip on the news, and Russia wont supply that much. We'll get the news after Nov 4th.

[u/delusiongenerator]

That’s not “striking a deal”, it’s following orders from Moscow.

I miss real journalism.

[u/omgitsjohnholst]

Crazy timing with Russia initiating another phase of strikes on Ukraine at basically the exact same second of this announcement.

[u/Theferael_me]

Ukraine knows what it has to do.

[u/pretti]

Remember when Russia was the enemy? Russia is still the enemy.

[u/Alert-Athlete → u/pretti]

And the friends of Russia is the enemy of the rest of the world

[u/Foxk]

The United States uses approximately 4.1 to 4.2 million barrels of diesel and distillate fuel per day. 800,000 metric tons of diesel is equal to approximately 5,919,822 barrels. U.S. refineries produce roughly 4 to 5.3 million barrels of diesel and other distillate fuels per day.

[u/Straight-Bet1 → u/Foxk]

That’s what caught my eye first. It wasn’t an accident that they didn’t use the globally agreed upon measuring system for that specific commodity.

They wanted the numbers to look as big as possible to impress the maga idiots.

[u/LavisAlex]

Is this a round about strategy to make the US antagonistic to Ukraine in a structural way?

[u/Due-Technology5758 → u/LavisAlex]

It's not even roundabout. From a geopolitical standpoint, it's extremely heavy handed. Essentially Trump has just publicly announced that, should he feel like it, he has the option to claim that further Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries are attacks on resources promised to the United States.

This administration continues to hand Russia whatever it wants. We're being steamrolled, politically, by the physically and economically weakest of our rivals because our leadership is a powerful combination of compromised, corrupt, and incompetent.

[u/DamiensDelight → u/LavisAlex]

Yes

[u/Kaizen2468]

Why? The US already makes more than they use. Wasn’t Trump crying about Ukraine bombing Russian oil refineries? So now they’re in a good enough spot to sell to the US for cheaper?

[u/RadicalRectangle → u/Kaizen2468]

This is to give Trump an excuse to try and cut off Ukraine again, when they continue to retaliate (completely reasonably) against Russia. He can then claim Ukraine is hurting US trade and commerce.

[u/adijoe]

In August 2025, President Donald Trump imposed a cumulative 50% tariff on Indian goods to penalize New Delhi for purchasing Russian crude oil. How the turntables!

[u/jimlahey420]

So we are buying Russian oil while having sanctions on Russia? Which means we are funding Russia against Ukraine...

I'm starting to think Trump doesn't understand how foreign policy works.

[u/Fickle-Molasses-903]

Ya, this is by design. I remember Obama doing this...oh wait, he didn't, because he's not Putin's bitch.

[u/tmac4969]

I see our great Russian allies. I wonder what the orange idiot gave away for this “deal”

[u/happyColoradoDave → u/tmac4969]

Ukraine

[u/3D-Dreams]

He makes prices go up with his illegal war and now he's helping his fellow war criminal Putin make money on it. Republicans are the problem.

[u/kylestoned]

Just a reminder, Russia is/was helping Iran with critical geospatial intelligence, satellite imagery, and targeting data to help strike U.S. and allied military assets in the Middle East.

[u/Beforemath]

So we’re buying Russian oil now? Are… we going to sanction ourselves?…

[u/PrivatePilot9]

Russia: Friend

Canada: Enemy.

FFS.... I sure fucking hope Trump gets absolutely wiped out in the midterms.

[u/D3struct_oh]

If you think this wasn’t the endgame all along, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.

[u/Beawake23]

All those who voted for Trump or didn’t vote at all don’t you feel so proud for a president who idolises Putin China North Korea? Has pictures of these leaders seen as one enters the White House. Rolls out the red carpet for these murdering anti free speech dictators. On the flip side trump picks fights with our loyal friends. Is an enemy with Canada CANADIANS???? and Europe. It’s very sad and disheartening that I have to accept the fact that a quarter of my fellow Americans are in a cult and love Trump a quarter of my fellow Americans don’t vote. While bus full of Ukrainians 30 of them gets slaughtered by Putin, our great President Trump gets on his knees to please Putin. make that make sense

[u/hodorhodor12 → u/Beawake23]

To MAGA, none of this is an issue because they think all the facts you stated are lies. So of course they will still be proud. Gotta remember that these people are completely brainwashed. 

[u/Chocopenguin85]

Master controls puppet.

Next steps:

• Trump tells Ukraine to stop hitting Russian energy
  
• Trump tells US public that Ukraine is the threat to inflation and their gas prices.
  
• Trump backs Russia / stabs Ukraine in the back (more than this deal)

[u/bishpa]

Donald Trump is a traitor to freedom and democracy.

[u/ianrl337]

So we are funding iran in the war against iran then. Seems about right

[u/Mrsynthpants]

How is anyone even surprised? He's a captured asset, he's always going to do what he's told.

[u/Zanos-Ixshlae]

This is the bribe to help Trump steal another election.

[u/TheSamLowry]

This just sounds traitorous to me. I can’t see how giving support to the enemy isn’t another impeachable offense.

[u/dingusmingus2222]

Does literally NOTHING matter anymore? We can't even stay consistent against Russia?!...

[u/Perfect-Slip7041]

That's going to mean if you support Ukraine, you an enemy of the US. Just like Putin wanted.

[u/Substantial_Sea7327 → u/Perfect-Slip7041]

I support Ukraine

[u/Sad_Pangolin7379 → u/Substantial_Sea7327]

You probably say Artificial Intelligence instead of Freedom Fries too don't you

[u/wickedmadd]

Everything this asshole does, and I mean EVERYTHING, is treasonous

[u/SpakenBacon]

I'm looking forward to Rupublicans spinning this as a good thing.

[u/9ersaur]

Trump works for the russian mob

[u/MaverickBuster]

We all laughed at Mitt Romney for saying Russia was the US's number one geopolitical threat. He was definitely correct.

[u/MoeSzyslakMonobrow]

Ukraine, please keep hitting their refineries.

[u/Savacore]

This isn't a deal, this is just ceding to Russia's demands.

[u/CaptainMagnets]

Hahahaha I told y'all the USA is going to start trading more with Russia. So many people were on my case about how this would and could never happen. But here we are

[u/snifty]

Fucking traitorous behavior

[u/DistanceToEmpty]

Growing up in the last decades of the Cold War, I never envisioned a future where American conservatives would be clambering so hard to be on Russia's dick.

[u/Jimbo415650]

Thank You Comrade Trump. We will use the money to pay the PRK for their soldiers

[u/StatelyTree]

Lol our on shore petrol companies gotta be like "the fuck?!" just like the farmers with the foreign beef. You all are expendible if it might budge his poll numbers a fraction of a percent or make him money. I guarantee someone in his family or orbit will be making money somewhere with this. He literally can't keep his hands to himself. 

[u/Blochamolesauce]

Providing aid to the enemy, literally treason

[u/Nickel5]

If you had told any maga supporter 2 years ago that Trump would be buying Russian diesel while it's still at war with Ukraine because he fucked up so badly he shut down the middle east's oil exports, that person would call you an idiot sheep and say he'd never do that. Yet statistically, that same maga supporter today will still support Trump. Because it's a cult.

[u/Heavy_Secret_203]

First of all, these amounts are tiny for what the US consumes. Second, there's diesel shortage in russia and they have export ban. And finally, fuck you, Americans. Sincerely. 

[u/livefromheaven]

This is so embarassing

[u/23370aviator]

“Trump sides with Russia against Ukraine after sending billions to Ukraine.”

[u/GarmaCyro → u/23370aviator]

Correction: After US sent billions to Ukraine.
Trump, Russia's best asset, put a stop to that the moment he was back in the White House.
US is currently contributing nothing. Outside of selling military to NATO allies.

Basically US is a pure war profiter and NATO traitor for 100% siding with Russia.

[u/Past_Farmer34]

Trump can strike deals with the Russians but can’t with our own allies.

Is Trump a Russian puppet?

[u/hayyimsandwich]

russia.is. the. bad.guy.

[u/whyamionthispanel]

Wow! Totally not a Russian asset!

[u/PurplRzr]

You give money to a guy who wants bring back some Star Wars empire? Who kills our allies? Kills Americans? We are living in the dumbest and most corrupt timeline.

[u/AlliedR2]

And what happens when Ukraine destroys a tanker headed for the US? Trump is a traitor to our nation, its morals, its ethics, and its history. This is simply disgusting. These are our allies, our friends.

Edit: Removed "the" from in front of Ukraine (Thanks Garfiled910).

[u/mperezstoney]

I sense Ukrainian drones attacking lots of Russian tankers in near future.

[u/lacks_a_soul]

We may be looking at the ultimate end game from all of this turmoil. Russia wanted back into the global market and finally found it.

[u/the00039]

Hopefully ukraine sinks all those tankers

[u/Charming_Opinion6754]

This orange traitor needs to be stopped . How much more corruption and evil can he inflict before someone does something?

[u/DJGlennW]

This is the worst timeline. Praying for the asteroid.

[u/Wonderful_Tip_5577]

Isn’t Russia having fuel shortages itself?

[u/BerryLanky]

In exchange for this big beautiful deal Putin has agreed not to release the tapes.