This is what 30% of Americans support:
President Donald Trump claimed last week that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to avoid striking energy infrastructure targets, but on Sunday morning, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proudly boasted about striking “one of Russia’s key oil industry facilities,” leading critics to condemn Trump for “just another lie to manipulate markets.”
BBC reported that Ukraine launched its “largest” drone attack on the Moscow region since Russia’s 2022 invasion, killing at least two people and injuring 20 others. Moscow’s “main oil refinery” was among the targets struck.
“It appears that Trump’s claim last week that he negotiated a deal between Putin and Zelenskyy to stop bombing energy infrastructure was just another lie to manipulate markets,” wrote MeidasTouch Editor-in-Chief Ron Filipkowski Sunday morning in a social media post on X. “Every hour of every day, Trump lies about everything.”
Trump’s big fix for fuel crisis unravels as experts point to basic math: ‘Head scratcher’ Story by David Edwards Energy experts found that the first shipment of Russian diesel President Donald Trump touted as a price fix would keep the United States supplied for only a matter of hours.
Trump announced the deal Friday on Truth Social after a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He wrote that Russia would “immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace.”
Javier Blas, Bloomberg’s energy and commodities columnist, wrote on X that 300,000 tons is equivalent to only 2.2 million barrels, according to The New Republic.
He said the commitments were too small to make a “meaningful impact” on the surge in diesel prices.
“According to the BBC, the U.S. uses roughly 3.6 million barrels of diesel fuel per day, which works out to 491,000 metric tons. So… 300,000 tons of diesel is about 14-15 hours’ worth of U.S. supply,” immigration policy analyst Aaron Reichlin-Melnick wrote on X.
“I’m doing you a big favor, Donald.”
“Oh, thank you, thank you Mr. Putin. Does that mean I can build a Trump Tower Moscow? Please. Please.”
“Only if you keep helping me in this war, Donald. So far, you’ve been a good boy, which is why I helped get you elected. But I expect more from you.”
“And you will get more, sir. I promise. Oh, and a casino, too?”
Rodger Malcolm Mitchell
