2026-10-11 22:45 UTC
When I heard about Trump's supposed diesel fuel deal with Putin, my first thoughts were:
-WTF, that won't affect diesel prices before the midterms and might not affect them much even afterwards
-WTF, Trump is already losing his base and he doesn't need another public deal with Putin to piss them off.
-WTF, Putin doesn't have diesel to sell
-WTF in general
As for the first, I thought, well Trump is an idiot deep in dementia. His enablers do nonsensical shit all the time for him. 🤷🏼♀️
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@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social 2026-10-11 22:47
I don't know a ton about the oil or fuel products market and usually don't comment on this. But this deal was so important I tried to think it through anyway. Well, I was right about the political risk. Some Republican senators want nothing to do with this illegal, immoral deal: https://apnews.com/article/trump-diesel-russia-ukraine-senators-protest-93fa63c8a88e538f1456e7d448fc550d
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@Ilka4You@mastodon.social 2026-10-11 22:52
@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social well, it is just another way to white (or orange?) wash money laundry & financing the RUS war. And: another oil RUS plant has been hit, they have less and less to send for the money they got.