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- europe@feddit.org
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/72557390
The agreement to release oil stocks comes amid growing concerns in Brussels about entering winter with low strategic reserves, and becoming more susceptible to what several EU officials described as US “blackmail”.
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Not sure what spell the U.S. has over them, but it’s concerning and pathetic. I say that as an American.
Jeffrrey Epstein was international
Maybe you should read the first few paragraphs
Pretty sure all they need over them is that Europe as a whole imports a lot of diesel, and they get half of that from the US. Trump has threatened to stop exports to try to lower US fuel prices for the election. If he does, Europe would be scrambling. It’s hardly a surprise that they don’t want the US to turn off the taps. It’s also not a surprise that the US is selling fuel they need, since that keeps their oil companies happy.
Fuck the terrorist states of murica
If i ever meet a person who voted for trump, I’ll tell them to fuck off. If they say they regret it, I’ll still tell them to fuck off. Kind of like these criminals who regret what they did after they were caught (Maxwell), they know what they’re doing, and goes back in it if it hits them back.
“Oh, I’m sorry, you honour, I didn’t mean to do it” might work in the USA, but not in Europe. We will never forget this backstabbing.
If I ever meet a Trump voter, I will buy a bar. I’ll invite them over on opening day and ask them what they want to drink. Once they order, I will tell them “we don’t serve your kind here”
I can sort of see the how someone got suckered in to voting for Trump in 2016, a new radical face promising change vs a generic and unlikeble deeply entrenched democrat with no real promise for real change.
At some point you get tired enough to say “fuck it” and vote for the weird newcommer, in the hopes that something good would come our of it, or simply to send the one kind of protest that the dems would have a very hard time to ignore.
I can see that happening, but the 2024 election? Anyone voting for Trump deserves an instant hard face punch.
Definitely, especially with all of the Bernie excitement. Bernie really seemed like he had momentum and a real shot, once the DNC basically shoved Hillary in as the choice it became really easy to see Trump as an appealing option, even if it’s just as a change agent. I caught on to the pedophilia stories before that election, so I couldn’t stomach voting for him even if I somehow were able to ignore the obvious Russian ties.
The sigh of relief when Biden won in 2020 was collective. Everyone was just so happy to have a sane president again and not have to stress about him tweeting out threats to North Korea on a Tuesday. I have no idea how he won in 2024, there was his open rhetoric about tariffs, project 2025, a bunch of public rape allegations, but most of all how could anyone forget the daily stress from 2016 to 2020?
Keep in mind that the U.S. Republican party has been actively undermining their education system for decades as one of the many ways to trick voters into believing their lies. For many of the people who voted red, they were conned and manipulated their whole life into doing so. It doesn’t excuse their past actions, but those who see their own wrongs and wish to work to correct them should be given the chance to do so.
… Might work in the USA, but not in Europe.
If that was the case, the entirety of the German population would have been executed following World War 2 for letting Hitler take power. I know that’s an exaggeration but the “Hitler Youth” were brainwashed into supporting him through their childhood, and the USA Republican party definitely took note of how to do this.
In the same way that German and Italian fascists were inspired by American politics, the Hitler Youth were modeled on the Boy Scouts and many former Boy Scouts don’t love it when you point this out (ask me how I know).
Honestly you can hardly blame Trump for how he keeps doing it when it keeps working.
Man, I really hope the US gets to enjoy its cheaper fuel prices. Thank God our prices are so low that we can easily stomach this.
For reference, our prices in my area would currently be $9.44 per gallon. That is down from $10.16 last week.
Fuck Trump with a rusty old crowbar!
of course they bowed, that’s what vassals do
Europe runs out soon and the us reveals millions of barrels left in their own reserve that they’d sell to the eu for $250/barrel.
The way I understand the deal is that it’s no great concession to release some diesel reserves over a winter with high diesel prices.
But it’s disconcerting that it’s done at the behest and benefit of US internal politics to cover for shitty US international politics.
When the US reneges on any long term deal, I sure hope the EU got their worth in a short term deal.
That doesn’t matter, it’ll lower prices for everybody BUT the US because oil companies like fucking us without… Well, oil…
The US is already enjoying cheap fuel so it doesn’t matter much anyway, but generally speaking, oil is at least a global enough market that you guys will get even cheaper fuel.
While we might have cheaper fuel, generally speaking, it’s still expensive in comparison when budgeting or expecting a certain price. I believe those in the US also drive further than many other countries due to commuting and often lack of public transportation in metropolitan areas (though that’s improving too). I drive ~25 miles round trip now which is better than my old 35 miles 1-way before. I interviewed for a place on the other side of Chicago and that was 70 miles each way with a 95+minute commute (obviously I turned that down).
We’re also supposedly more self-sufficient with oil production so we shouldn’t feel the impacts of the war as much (fuck the “drill baby drill”).
The headline is very misleading.
