If Trump is doing something/Anything, he is helping Russia in some way or another. Putin is behind every move he makes
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O_o-22Apr 21, 2026
+32
Not just Russia he’s compromised by Israel as well. Where one would think Trump would be livid at being forced into behaving in other countries interest they likely told him he can have the ancillary benefit of grifting the people and manipulating the stock market to enrich himself and prob people within their own governments who also want to reap the benefits of insider knowledge that affects the markets.
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ShadowTacoTuesdayApr 21, 2026
+12
He whores himself to everyone he can really.
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smallcoderApr 21, 2026
+8
And even if he isn't being blackmailed, making an estimated $38 billion since taking office in 2024, is incentive enough for the turd to carry on behaving the way he is I'm sure.
Not bad for a serial bankrupt 💩
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Suntzu_AUApr 22, 2026
+1
Exactly right. Between Russia and Israel, the US is completely subservient to their interests.
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jert3Apr 21, 2026
+5
Yup. Putin and Netanyahu make more executive decisions for the United States these days than does the child r*** clown who plays thepresident on the television.
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squeeze-my-lizardApr 22, 2026
+3
It’s very different: Israel is an ally. Netanyahu has to convince Trump. Sometimes he gets what he wants, but most of the time, no.
russia elected Trump twice, so Putin just says what he wants and Trump does without questioning. [Don’t forget that Putin chose Witkoff personally.](https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/putin-effectively-chose-witkoff-as-us-negotiator-1766281557.html)
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ComplexEntertainer13Apr 21, 2026
+1
And China.
The US has just burnt trough a HUGE chunk of their missile stockpile of some systems. Will take years to replenish at best. And that is after the house and senate actually decide to order more shit, which could delay it even further.
If I was Xi and actually decided to make a move on TW in the coming year. A depleted US stockpile of crucial weapons is rather high on the wish list.
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fixminerApr 21, 2026
-6
Putin told Trump to bomb one of Russia’s few notable allies? Interesting strategy.
-6
ieatthosedownvotesApr 21, 2026
+4
Clearly you misremember Putin bombing his own country's apartment buildings for a false flag attack to provide an excuse to invade Chechnya in 1999.
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Good_Restaurant15Apr 21, 2026
You think the KGB wouldn't kill its own?
~~Sorry but~~ that is just stupid.
0
troelsbjerreApr 21, 2026
+40
Would that be Agent Orange?
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mr_birkenblattApr 21, 2026
+83
Agent Orange is a bad name for trump. Agent Orange *actually* was in Vietnam
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Shadowlance23Apr 21, 2026
+10
Omg, I felt that burn from here!
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Good_Restaurant15Apr 21, 2026
+9
So did they
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Particular-Mark-5771Apr 22, 2026
+1
Yellow Red Spectrum Adjacent
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KGB_cutonyApr 21, 2026
+16
Yea that actually lined up with everything like a piece of the puzzle. The people wants c**** oil, but Russia wants expensive oil.
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StatementOk470Apr 21, 2026
+14
[https://www.reuters.com/graphics/TEST-TEST/010051ZP4H5/pdf-redacted.pdf](https://www.reuters.com/graphics/TEST-TEST/010051ZP4H5/pdf-redacted.pdf)
"Implementation of the system requires a minimum $100 PB (per barrel) for a minimum period of 20 years."
"Donald Trump's.election as president is a game-changer because Trump's highest foreign policy priority is to stabilize US relations with Russia which are now at a historical low-point."
wow.
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foghillgalApr 21, 2026
+4
Ironically, the high price insures people will look for options quicker insuring once the pressure i off price go even lower than before unless exporters are really limiting supply. But, past a certain point if demand is to low that\`s hard to do.
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Zestyclose-Season706Apr 21, 2026
+10
Agent Krasnov
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ieatthosedownvotesApr 21, 2026
+2
Agent "Bonespurs" Krasnov.
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CrackRocksCokeRulesApr 21, 2026
+5
The people still buying Russian oil?
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kaiiizenApr 21, 2026
+25
The US has paused sanctions on Russian oil. Surprise!
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EatinSumGrapesApr 22, 2026
+1
Well hold on now, he hurt it first. Is this the dog pulling on its own leash?
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Ultra_MetalApr 21, 2026
-8
Russia's ally the Islamic Republic of Iran.
-8
boot2skullApr 21, 2026
Trump thinks everything is free. Like we aren’t racking up our own expenses and shortages, or hurting consumers.
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ieatthosedownvotesApr 21, 2026
+1
He's making his money on the stock market.
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NedunchelizanApr 21, 2026
-6
iran ?
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FullMetalSavageApr 21, 2026
-10
Iran
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purgruvApr 21, 2026
+309
What a fortunate coincidence.
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MindOk8618Apr 21, 2026
+545
Sooo..the world suffers because Putin's dog in WH is funding his war? Such a good boi, dog: *bark and wiggle*.
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xX609s-hartXxApr 21, 2026
+109
It's what Trump always does. Interrupt the world economy for personal gains.
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oakleezApr 21, 2026
+22
Gotta protect us from the pee tape.
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liftguy111Apr 21, 2026
+6
I’m sure that there really is a pee tape. And the bed has a presidential seal on it. And a large American flag!
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Elegant-Lawfulness25Apr 21, 2026
+3
I mean we don't know the age of the "women" in the pee tape. It maybe truly damning.
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NuzzlefaceApr 21, 2026
+7
It's probably a P(edo)-tape. Would make more sense.
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ImLiushiApr 21, 2026
+3
At this point I feel like whatever Russia has is something that the orange pedo fears more than being exposed as a pedo. He clearly doesn’t see anything wrong with raping underage girls, so it has to be something that HE fears or feels is wrong. I bet Putin has tape of Trump either sucking d*** or getting fucked lol. Something that even Trump would want to hide.
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jert3Apr 21, 2026
+1
Sad, isn't it? Strongest military force in the history of the human civilizations, and it was defeated by a couple of dollars spent on a child sexual abuse honeypot operation.
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GolemfrostApr 21, 2026
+1
The P stands for Pedophile not Urin.
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ToygaggoApr 21, 2026
+49
I guess we have the answer to trumps madness. Always a hidden reason for his ways.
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BigD3nergyApr 21, 2026
+77
That explains the US blockade, follow the money.
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ZwiebelLegendeApr 21, 2026
+191
Even when Ukraine steadily applies kinetic sanctions against their oil terminals?
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SmartQuokkaApr 21, 2026
+64
Also known as percussive sanctions.
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mion81Apr 21, 2026
+13
Also known as motile embargos.
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LetterNo7829Apr 21, 2026
+2
Spanktions
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SmartQuokkaApr 21, 2026
+1
Careful with that one, some people like it.
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Yellowha2222Apr 21, 2026
+8
Kinetic sanctions is incredible
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gordonjames62Apr 21, 2026
+12
take my upvote for your skill with words
>kinetic sanctions against their oil
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StaysAwakeAllWeekApr 21, 2026
+25
It's Ukraine's words, they came up with it
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ZwiebelLegendeApr 21, 2026
+21
Yep, credit goes to Ukraine! They came up with this. I'm just a dumb listnook repeater.
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SmartQuokkaApr 21, 2026
+8
Ukraine has a way with words, as i recall Russia's warship was said to have joined the submarine fleet!
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eliceev_alexanderApr 21, 2026
+2
Ukraine isn't able to do enough damage to keep the ports down for more than a week, so the ports still work and ship out oil anyway. But Ukraine's strikes still help because while they're fixing stuff, some parts of the port ship less or slower, which hits their profits. Though with oil prices what they are, Russia is still making more money than before the US war in Iran.
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Best_Change4155Apr 21, 2026
+3
I am told that targeting oil infrastructure is a war crime. And raising the price of oil that western countries buy is even worse than a war crime.
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AnomalyNexusApr 21, 2026
+61
Good thing the US has a make Russia great again faction
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fxdc1991Apr 21, 2026
+195
So they’re intentionally pumping the price to help Russia sustain its Ukraine efforts so that Israel can then take more land and china isnt saying anything because it will help with taking Taiwan later right.
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biggetybiggetybooApr 21, 2026
+93
China is just watching the other powers “rope a dope” themselves
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Woodworkin101Apr 21, 2026
+4
And their political and kinetic capital.
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MormacilApr 21, 2026
+71
China is getting a boom in green tech orders. They're selling solar panels like hot cakes.
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WorthynessApr 21, 2026
+16
And drone tech too. And batteries. And rare earths for chips. They just sit and profit really. They really are in their "US before and during WW 2 before japan bombs them" era.
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smallcoderApr 21, 2026
+3
Yup, pretty much that. They are enjoying our "interesting times".
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Koala_eiOApr 22, 2026
+1
Good for them. I'm delighted that photovoltaic panels became so incredibly c**** in recent years.
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CamiloArturoApr 21, 2026
+29
Even though Taiwan might be in their thoughts, they are thriving on green energy production, seeing their big rival decay.... It's an early Xmas
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DanzmannApr 21, 2026
+10
China has absolutely no real desire to "take Taiwan" at least not in the military invasion sense we've come to get used to. China has been thriving for 30+ years by being an absolute reliable, no questions asked, business partner. They supply both Russia and Ukraine with drone technology, they sell to whomever buys, they do what they do reliably and with no prejudice. What would they sacrifice that for? A tiny island? TSMC? China is already investing massively in trying to make their own chips within the next 10 years or so. They don't have election cycles, they make long term plans, stick to it, and achieve it. I totally believe they can make their own nano lithography semiconductors within 10 years, if they do then Taiwan is useless.
There is never going to be a military invasion of Taiwan, they literally have nothing to gain from that.
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triopsateApr 22, 2026
+1
Well yes and no. I can say that China prefers to keep the current status quo with Taiwan as it is because like you said it's not good business to go sending an actual invasion at Taiwan and plus China is confident that they basically get Taiwan to integrate itself back through economic and political methods given enough time.
That said, if Taiwan decides to break the status quo and declare itself independent then China would probably have to move on Taiwan militarily just because of how important Taiwan is strategically. If Taiwan declares independence then they would almost definitely fall under the US as an ally which would allow the US to complete the [first island chain strategy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_chain_strategy) that it's been working towards for decades now and basically give the US full control of China's ports. That would be basically mean China would have to defer itself to the US or face basically a permanent strait of hormuz situation but worse and there's basically no way in hell China would accept that.
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vmdvrApr 21, 2026
+9
China wants Taiwan, sure. But they consider themselves to be the one real and current incarnation of a ~5000 year civilization (which is, BTW, the reason they want Taiwan) but all of that means they feel they can afford to be patient. If it takes another 5, 10, 50, or even 100 years, what's that compared to thousands of years of history?
The real reason they're doing almost nothing is that, to quote Napoleon, you never interrupt your enemies when they are making a mistake. And China's geopolitical rivals have made SO MANY mistakes in the last 15-20 years.
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jert3Apr 21, 2026
+3
China is led by strategy. America is led by a child-raping demented moron who plays a leader on TV.
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ModPolSucksApr 21, 2026
+7
It also helps US oil producers, who want higher prices to justify more drilling. In general it just helps the old fossils in power
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gaflarApr 21, 2026
+26
China is quietly turning the yuan into the world reserve currency.
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FlyingDiscsandJamsApr 21, 2026
+4
China is cool with Russia becoming a failed state so they can take back Siberia, either a land grab or to manage their oil & mineral industries like they do in Africa. They fought over the border as recently as 1967, with Russia taking land in that conflict, it'll be very ironic when they say that area is traditionally Chinese as a justification.
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ieatthosedownvotesApr 21, 2026
+3
This is the real play right here. Also Russia has the largest fresh water lake in the world right there.
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Breddit2099Apr 21, 2026
+2
Taiwan is useless to china without the support from the U.S.
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Rumble2ManApr 21, 2026
+2
Then why has Zelensky been supportive of the Iran war? Ukraine is thrilled that Iran can no longer supply drones to Russia?
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yoyoyayaweyApr 21, 2026
+75
Thanks US republican voters. You really exceeded our expectations.
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theorizableApr 21, 2026
+1
Not just republican voters. Leftists who argued that Kamala would've been no different.
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Full-Sound-6269Apr 21, 2026
+31
They will get a sustained 140 usd barrell now, thanks to 20% of oil supply cut off by USA.
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GabeDefApr 21, 2026
+10
That is why the Trump went to war with Iran - it helped Russia.
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metjiApr 21, 2026
+2
By design :)
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Ultra_MetalApr 21, 2026
+35
The price of oil is below that and Russia can't export much because Ukraine is destroying their oil export infrastructure. Russia will be going bankrupt soon. Even Putin was forced to admit that Russia is in a severe economic crisis. Putin would never admit such a thing unless it was already obvious to everyone in Russia.
[Putin finally admits Russia’s economy is in trouble and grasps for answers, after warnings about a financial crisis have been piling up](https://fortune.com/2026/04/18/russia-economy-contraction-vladimir-putin-financial-crisis-warnings-iran-ukraine-war-drones-oil-exports/)
Russia will lose the war.
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ConkerPrimeApr 21, 2026
+7
Explains a lot. Trump is loyal to Putin. That has been er changed. They just pretend otherwise for giggles.
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darktumblesApr 21, 2026
+7
Is this the whole reason for the Iran War? The citizens would revolt if the uS directly funded Russia but it seems they are the only beneficiary of this war. Have they been so destroyed by Ukraine that Putin is the head puppet master of all this and he knew exactly what Iran would do of attacked driving fuel cost through the roof. All the main players here have a relationship with Russian leaders.
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EconomyOk2490Apr 21, 2026
+7
Oooooooooooh *that's* why
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LyskirApr 21, 2026
+5
it all makes sense now, starting something with iran to pump up the price of oil then end sactions against russia so they can make a shitton of money to sustain their war
that shitstain
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MolassesOk3200Apr 21, 2026
+6
Now we know why Trump and the Republicans are happy with higher oil prices.
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Swimming-Repeat-32Apr 22, 2026
+1
Could there be actual 5d shoots and ladders being played?
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MrrrrgggglApr 21, 2026
+3
Good thing Trump is there to make it happen.
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cinciNattyLightApr 21, 2026
+4
Russia needs oil at $100 a barrel and 40,000 new conscripts a month. Long term, those are both pipe dreams
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Motor-Rip7655Apr 21, 2026
+4
And there it is. The pieces are all in place now.
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ferrets4everApr 21, 2026
+4
So now we know Krasnovs plan.
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PowerfuryApr 21, 2026
+3
DING DING DING.
This Iran war is Putin's lifeline.
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Dog_BaseballApr 21, 2026
+3
Ha! Looks like Trump is gonna end the war in Ukraine after all!
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meowsaysdexterApr 21, 2026
+3
Trump's working on it.
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MasrimApr 21, 2026
+2
Coincidence? I think not.
Everything Trump does somehow magically is positive for Russia. It's almost like he is some type of agent or under some type of duress from them, I hope he doesn't have any loans with them or owe them anything.
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YoungRichBastard26sApr 21, 2026
+2
Ukraine needs to keep hitting Russia oil infrastructure I bet 2 get 2 wars that end that day
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SPQE_Apr 21, 2026
+2
Krasnov reporting for duty.
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littleuniversalistApr 21, 2026
+3
Everything Trump does is to help Putin.
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AppearanceDizzy7006Apr 21, 2026
+1
Well looky here
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Blackboard_MonitorApr 21, 2026
+1
Well then, kinetic sanctions!
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DrAtomic1Apr 21, 2026
+1
Donny is doing his upmost!
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Quantical-CapybaraApr 21, 2026
+1
Thanks who ? This f****** hell we live in
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bipolarbear326Apr 21, 2026
+1
What a coincidence
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Bakedfresh420Apr 21, 2026
+1
Ooooh that’s why we’re doing what we’re doing in Iran. Agent Krasnov at it again.
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Past_Apricot2101Apr 22, 2026
+1
Europe could’ve boarded vessels long ago. This whole thing should’ve been nipped in the butt long ago
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jasonm71Apr 22, 2026
+1
Annnnnnnd there it is.
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not_old_redditorApr 22, 2026
+1
Why does Sweden of all countries know this?
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WhisperingHammerApr 22, 2026
+1
It is amaaaaaazing how they are outplaying the us. Literally insane how good they are at it.
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Suntzu_AUApr 22, 2026
+1
At this point I'm almost convinced that Trump started the war with Iran because Putin told him to. The war on Iran is massively improving the bottom line for Putin and improving his budget to continue the war.
This is the greatest intelligence win in the history of the world. The Russians have control of the US government. And the second in control is the Israeli government.
Absolutely shocking and basically difficult to process.
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Girthw0rmApr 21, 2026
-4
Fortunately nobody is stronger on Russia than Trump and He has implemented sanctions so tough on them it makes your head spin.
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ThroatEducational271Apr 21, 2026
Hmm…Russian Urals have traditionally been sold at a d******* to Dated Brent in the 10+ years I covered the Russia.
It’s a medium-sour grade, not the best stuff out there so Russia very rarely gets $100/bl+ anyway.
So I call bullshit on this story entirely.
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ohboymykneeshurtApr 21, 2026
-4
What’s the problem? Trump will take care of it.
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Fuckkoff-Apr 21, 2026
-51
I'm sure Putin told the Swedes the details of his budget.....
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BasicPhysiologyApr 21, 2026
+42
It’s called Intelligence, which it seems you don’t know anything about. . .
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Fuckkoff-Apr 21, 2026
-42
It's called propaganda, which it seems you don't know anything about.....
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BasicPhysiologyApr 21, 2026
+40
No, I fully understood your original comment was propaganda.
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Fuckkoff-Apr 21, 2026
-3
Lol. Pointing out that the Swedish government has no reliable insight in Russia budget is propaganda now. Right.
Your reality is what Trump says it is I assume.
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