US President Donald Trump said Friday that Russia had agreed to immediately supply more than 300,000 tonnes of diesel to US and global markets in an effort to cut fuel prices before November's midterm elections. The move marks a stunning change of policy after the US and its allies hit Russia with waves of sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine.

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[–] 53 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I imagine this is what G7 hoped to prevent when they decided to agree on bailing out the US by releasing their oil reserves, and the orange idiot does this still?! G7 should reverse the fuck out of their decision and don't give the US any oil for this idiotic "deal". Maybe even put some sanctions onto the US for their support of a nation currently under heavy sanctions.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Maybe even put some sanctions onto the US

    Anybody can 'sanction' anything on paper, but sanctions only matter if the sanctioner has something the sanctioned needs. For example, the US can sanction countries or companies and take away their ability to trade using the US dollar. What does the G7 have that the US needs? This would just backfire and hurt G7 (particularly EU) countries.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    What does the G7 have that the US needs?

    Organisations that buy dollar bonds. Sanction that and the usa will crumble.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Organisations that buy dollar bonds.

    They're irrelevant, the Central Bank just buys a bond from Treasury, coupon rate of 0% i.e QE. Japan been doing it with the Yen for decades for example.

    Sanction that and the usa will crumble.

    zero consequence.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I am a US citizen. I am begging the rest of the world to boycott and sanction the US. I will taje the pain that you inflict and sadly it is the only way about 75% of this fucking country will learn. Or maybe they won't but fuck it. Burn us down.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    Also would LOVE to see a total US boycott. Travel, commerce, everything. America needs to pay for this one way or another. Show those that are dicing us into the ground that you won’t support it.

    PLEASE- cut all ties with the US!

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago

    I've stopped drinking Coke and eating and McDonald's (that's also good for my health).

    I'm also trying to rely less and less on US-based services (including Google)

    The next step is getting rid of Visa and MasterCard; I hope the digital euro comes soon.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    What happened to all that wonderful Venezuelan oil Trump was stealing?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

    venzeulan has heavy crude oil, which is very difficult to process, and apparently only chevron has the ability to do so, but its quite limited. so its almost practically useless. venzeulan president capture was all a distravtion anyways.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    US refineries on the Gulf coast were designed and built specifically for heavy/sour crude, because at the time they were built Venezuela was the largest crude supplier to that coast. They now have to transport heavy crude down from Canadian oil sands because they aren't set up for the light/sweet crude that has been found closer by more recently.

    Venezuela isn't outputting much crude because their government is so corrupt no international company trusts them with capital investments (except Chevron a little bit, as you mentioned), and they have run their domestic oil companies into the ground. If they could get their shit together, the US Gulf refineries would love to have more of their crude.

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  • [–] 44 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    If the media outlet uses the word "deal" in a story about Trump they are supporters.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago

    How're the Russian refineries doing? Still burning?

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  • [–] 29 points 1 month ago

    Ahh fascists of a feather flock together

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    That amount is in the ballpark of 20 hours of diesel consumption in the US, that will surely do it!

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    in other news: Trump targets the international criminal court because they are looking at war crimes

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago*

    With my tin foil hat on I think it's not about helping relieve diesel prices in the US, but it's payment for Russian assistance with the upcoming midterm elections.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Trump the fascist extremist strikes again.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Gotta keep war going on for a little longer. If people ever wake up to this garbage it would be a fine day.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    The US produces twice that much diesel per day.

    This was never actually going to accomplish anything.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    How so entirely unpredictable this turned out to be! It’s almost as if we believed the spin that he was actually trying to find someone to facilitate this.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Whatever you need to do to become dictator, even if it means selling your soul to the devil.

    I know loads of Americans are stupid enough to applaud all this

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    yup, americans you're all nazis. I don't care anymore. you've aligned yourselves with another dictator for some diesel that likely won't show up.

    I absolutely LOVE how prior to all this trump bullshit americans were all about their 2A rights but now? crickets. the whole "don't tread on me" thing which ends up was actually bullshit. you're a bunch of cowards. I don't care anymore, i'm done holding my tongue. I'm sick and tired and living above a bunch of nazis.

    "what do you expect us to do?" nothing. I hoped you'd have done something, ANYTHING, by now. "we have the midterms!" yeah you think this clown is going to actually allow you to gain power via voting? grow up. take back your country.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    lol

    Americans have always been like this.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    yeah I know they have i'm just sick of it. and it's always the same song and dance "DC is a long drive from where I am" or "I have to work" etc, etc, etc.

    They'll allow themselves to become Nazi's because it's an inconvenience for them otherwise.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Because he's Putin's bitch. We already know that

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