<![CDATA[#Trump buying diesel from #Putin might seem like a win for Putin in the short term.]]> buying diesel from might seem like a win for Putin in the short term. But with many of Russia's refineries taken out by the war, where does that leave Putin? Russia has actually been importing gas, which is unheard of. It's not sustainable to keep exporting diesel to the US when people there are already shortages of diesel and regular gasoline in Russia. Sure, Putin needs cash, but like MAGA, Russians who supported him are already angry about gas prices.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/trump-strikes-deal-with-putin-for-russian-diesel-in-sharp-reversal-of-u-s-policy-ahead-of-midterms

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Of course. I'm disgusted with this too, just trying to think through all the consequences. Fortunately, this is not an unalloyed victory for Putin.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/MaryAustinBooks/statuses/117417167453588957https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/MaryAustinBooks/statuses/117417167453588957Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:49:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Trump buying diesel from #Putin might seem like a win for Putin in the short term. on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:44:34 GMT]]>@MaryAustinBooks what I very much don’t love is the fact that with any sale at all this will bring money into the Russian war machine and make the winter that much harder for the Ukrainians.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/tanyakaroli/statuses/117417146770319231https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/tanyakaroli/statuses/117417146770319231Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:44:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Trump buying diesel from #Putin might seem like a win for Putin in the short term. on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:36:17 GMT]]>Also, I don't see this bailing Trump out. Even if it causes diesel prices to drop in time for the election, which I doubt, everything else is still expensive AF for working people in the US. And now he's publicly doing a deal with the devil. When I talk to soft MAGAs or former MAGAs, one of the issues we agree on most is that Putin sucks. The affordability issue is also causing the scales to fall from a lot more MAGA eyes.

It's a Catch-22 for both dictators and I love that for them! 🥰

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