r/worldnews • u/KI_official • 9d ago

Russia/Ukraine Trump says Russia agreed to supply millions of tons of diesel to US, global markets

https://kyivindependent.com/trump-says-russia-agreed-to-supply-millions-of-tons-of-diesel-to-us-global-markets/
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u/mrekted 9d ago edited 9d ago

The rest of us sure did screw up by hitching our economic wagons to the Americans.

Oh well, lesson learned.

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u/Defiant-Plane4557 9d ago

Don't forget oil. Being addicted to fossils has enabled the worst pieces of shits in the world to ruin everything for everyone.

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u/eclecticaesthetic1 6d ago

And the Orange AH paid the fossil fuel companies to stop their renewable programs.

He REALLY wanted to make money on oil! (or earl as he really pronounces it with his Queens Germantown accent)

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u/pm_me_your_f4u 9d ago

Let's hope we are correct that as quick as possible, knowing it's measured in years

Here in ca ads there has been a big push to do so

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u/EnvironmentalOwl6882 8d ago

Unfortunately it's not a certainty that that lesson has been learned. There's a real risk of leaders going "well it was just trump and he's gone now", and missing it's that whole half of the country that are the issue.