Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying the attacks are causing a fuel shortage.

Ukraine’s long-range strikes have been targeting Russia’s oil and gas industry for months, which Kyiv says both funds and directly fuels Moscow’s more than four-year-old invasion of its neighbor.

The Ukrainian drone campaign has caused fuel rationing across Russia, despite the country being a key oil and gas exporter. Other Ukrainian strikes targeted major Russian online retailers, bringing the war ever closer to the public.

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      Donny boy’s hand: 2♣, 🟥, 🦤, 2+2=, Four Seasons Landscaping 📇

      I’m pretty sure that’s not a winning hand.

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      He might have them after the mid terms, but the libs keep scalping them with the magic ones because they hate baby Jesus

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    Instead of calling on Russia to end the war which would also stop the attacks and have the benefit of stopping the fucking killing of families and shit

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    Uhh was America buying Russian petroleum? Thought there was an embargo?

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      Deisel is a resource used globally. The US doesn’t have to be purchasing Russian oil for Russian supplies to impact oil prices in the US.

      It’s also why the whole argument about drilling in the US to make oil cheaper falls apart. Oil from Venezuala, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Texas, Trinidad, Abu Dhabi, or Alaska all end up in the same international commodity markets.

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      a few years back we were exporting oil. us doesn’t need their supply. fracking boom. strait is just driving up insurance and fees across the board. oil co’s always looking for excuse to jack up prices. 🛢️

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    Like most presidents, Trump’s term will end with a helicopter ride.

    Except it won’t be Marine One.

    Trump will be evacuated from the White House by an FSB extraction helicopter.

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    This is too fuckin funny man. This gives me a tremendous amount of joy, and strengthens my support for the Ukrainian war effort. Keep going Volodymyr!

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    The Orange Shitbag Russian asset can piss off. The Muscovites should leave Ukrainian territory, which includes the Crimea.

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    Oh ffs. Putin could retreat from Ukraine anytime.

    Yeah, I know he can’t. He’d be done for politically and possibly also physically.

    US should let Seal Team 6 handle this new oil crisis like they handled Bin Laden. Just send the them to Putin’s Datscha and boom, Russia would retreat from Ukraine, Ukraine would stop hitting Russia. Problem solved.

    1 man

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      US should let Seal Team 6 handle this new oil crisis like they handled Bin Laden. Just send the them to Putin’s Datscha and boom, Russia would retreat from Ukraine, Ukraine would stop hitting Russia. Problem solved.

      By invading countries that have nothing to do with it, taking the better part of a decade doing so before finishing the task?

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      This is probably not correct, and seal team six would likely have much higher risk trying to go I to Russia, and neither AL queda nor venuxela have nukes.

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      I’m not convinced this ends with Putin though. Yes, there’s a chance the next guy in line will want to pull out, blame Putin for all the shortcomings, and act like this shit never happened. But that’s not the Russian way. The Russian way is fuck all the poor people, let’s start a war that is surely going to help us domestically. This could still mean pulling out of Ukraine, but then invading some other more defenceless country, just to show that Russia is still powerfull and manly.

      So no, I’m not convinced cutting the head off the snake is really the solution.