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[–] 29 points 3 days ago (11 children)

It’s definitely an investment in the MIC. Our country is crooked and cooked.

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  • [–] 28 points 3 days ago* (9 children)

    I'd be angrier about this deal if I didn't suspect that Trump tweeted this without any planning and when his flunkies try to act on it they'll just get stuck asking Grok 'how do I import russian diesel" and never actually figure out how to do this.

    I don't know if this is a hot take, but I don't think Trump's administration knows how international business or oil shipping works. I legit don't think they can figure out how to buy diesel from Russia.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    Russia is currently importing gasoline, due to domestic shortages caused by the war.

    Even if the US could buy it's way out, I don't think Russia has enough to sell

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  • [–] 8 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    Maybe they just want an excuse to bully Ukraine into stopping attacking Russian oil refineries.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    That, and Europe just figured out how to deal with a large portion of Russia’s shadow fleet. This gives that fleet US protection.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    How are they dealing with them?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    Fly a helicopter over them (usually when they enter a country's economic zone), drop some units onto the ship, check the registration, confirm that it's fraudulent, seize the ship.

    A few have been taken this way, but Russia has started sending military escorts and I assume they're taking different routes. I haven't seen any news for a while about how/if they're dealing with the shadow fleet now.

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