Everything Trump does makes more sense if you ask yourself if it helps Putin.
And Israel. I think they both have the same dirt on him.
We can just ask if it helps some sort of evil person or group of evil people. That covers absolutely everything.
I guess this is countered by Ukraine repeatedly hitting their refineries
Here's an infographic dated May 8th. The oil barrel in the bottom left shows the theoretical maximum impact of strikes if they somehow took all refineries they hit offline completely.
Ukraine is pretty good at targeting the right units when they hit a refinery, but it's not perfect. Either way looking at economic output sources Russia made half as much money from oil last year as 2022, and the refinery strikes are picking up speed. Tuapse was a giant hit to them. Ukraine hit it 5 times in a row... Most of Russia's biggest oil refineries feeding Europe have been hit repeatedly by long range drones.
Edit: clarity and structure.
Tuapse was I believe the first time Ukraine went for the total destruction of the facilities. All the other hits have been at strategic targets that disabled key processes.
It's sign of a massive shift in air superiority in favor of Ukraine.
This infographic is glorious.
The best part is it needs to be updated at least weekly
To be fair Ukraine is doing a hell of a job so that they profit the least from it. Would love to see actual numbers though.
trump doing something beneficial to putin? throwing the entirety of the USA under the bus?
say it isnt so’
Intentionally helping Putin is one thing, Trump thinking he would win the war in one day and the real outcome is beneiftting Putin is another
Ukraine is also hitting Russian oil export infrastructure like ports. Russia might get 60% more per barrel, but if the volume falls in a similar order of magnitude, then that is not helping Russia at all.
But the best way to deal with these problems, is to consume less oil. Long term, this is going to hurt Russia a lot. As in destroyed infrastructure and high prices destroying demand.
Not just putin, the oil companies that have been financing the GOP too. Plus the military industrial complex.
The whole thing has money written all over it. They don't give a shit about lives. They aren't worried about nukes no matter how much they want to prop up that straw man.
They won't rest until they own it all and we all work for nothing.
Congrats to every western leaders who celebrated the war in the beginning.
Who? I don't remember any western leader celebrating the attack on Iran. I'm not saying ir didn't happen, just that I don't remember seeing one.
They are talked about how Iran can never had an nuclear wespons when all indication says Iran is not seeking them. Canada and the EU added new sanctions on the missile program on Iran so it is harder for Iran to defend itself
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