A bipartisan group of six senators on Sunday called for Donald Trumpās administration to āimmediately reverse courseā on a plan to purchase diesel from Russia as part of an effort to lower high fuel prices.
Trump shocked lawmakers when he announced on social media Friday that he struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call. He said Russia will immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel to the American and global market, followed by an additional 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons āimmediately thereafter.ā Russia will deliver an additional 3 million tons āwithin a short period of timeā after that, he wrote.
Four Republican senators and two Democratic senators signed onto the statement released Sunday in protesting the deal. They said the administration failed to consult with Congress or submit any explanation to justify its decision as required by statute.
Wow! Six!
And bipartisan! Surely this will send a message
Literally it was a message they sent. Next I suppose theyāre going to do something about it.
Look I get it, but for the moment letās be glad these six are doing somethingā¦ a lot more than the absolute nothing - or bootlicking - the others are doing.
Iām skeptical of any republican that has had the opportunity to keep Trump in check, but has not. This feels like an attempt to make them look better before rhe midterms.
Youāre probably not wrong
letās be glad these six are doing something
No. This is LITERALLY the least they can do apart from nothing. And 94 senators arenāt even doing THAT much.
Thatās as worthy of celebration as Mitch McConnell completing a sentence without having a stroke or Hakeem Jeffries neglecting to call a common sense progressive candidate with more popular policy positions than himself ādangerousā or āextreme leftā.
Yeah itās this bad, I know. Itās not that I disagree (although itās probably dangerous to even do this under Trump), and Iām definitely not celebrating. Still, I believe complaining should now start with the other 94.
Iām sure it was intentional (and absolutely fine) that there were more Republicans than Democrats as well.
There are (half) dozens of us!
There are (half) dozen
sof us!FTFY
I sure hope it was strongly worded.
beat me to it
Susan Collins is very concerned. She might write a letter.
āHe learned his lessonāā¦
Did she furrow her brow yet? Clutch any pearls?
Itās time to bring up the Epstein files again.
Alternative headline:
94 senators in favor of or indifferent towards heavily sponsoring the war crimes of a geopolitical adversary.
Itās not as snappy but more relevant to the state of things
94 senators in favor of or indifferent towards heavily sponsoring the war crimes of a geopolitical adversary.
94? Dems hold 47 seats and their actions have been carte blanche in favor of Ukraine. So, their position is well known. Its 49 Republican senators that act indifferent.
their position is well known
Yet their silence amidst the most blatant act of favoritism of the second Trump infestation is deafening.
You think the message will have more of an effect if itās signed by 46 Dems and 4 Republicans?
Thereās a calculated weight to assuring that the Republican signatures outweigh Democrat ones
Syphilitic old shitstain betrayed the U.S., E.U and Ukraine in a single phone call.
Trump (Krasnov) canāt unsuck Putinās dick.
I love Russian cream! š«²šš«±
Thatās an emoji I canāt unsee. Iām in shock and vomiting at the same timeā¦
Use it wisely my friend.
āThese 6 senators donāt want you to have cheap gas!ā
āMAGA
six ? thatāsā¦ disappointing
300k tonnes of diesel isnāt that much in the grand scheme of things.
In 2025, distillate (or diesel) fuel consumption (excluding biodiesel and renewable diesel) by the U.S. transportation sector was about 2.94 million barrels per day, or about 123 million gallons per day.
123,000,000 gallons per day. Diesel weighs 7 pounds per gallon so 861,000,000 pounds or 430,500 tons per day.
This first shipment will not cover 1 days fuel cost. But what it will do is give a big pile of money to Putin.
Just bought the midterms with taxpayer money.
Wait that meansā¦
Thats about $500m of diesel purchase.
Essentially thatās a transfer of $500m cash to Putin. Putin is collecting dues.
But itās enough for them to blame the Dems when things arenāt magically fixed after they win in the Midterms. The idiots eat that shit up because they have absolutely no idea how a national economy works. Republican economic policies are consistently bad for everyone thatās not in the 1% and yet they vote for them all the time because theyāre told told policies are good for them, regardless of the reality they deal with daily.
I feel like thatās the worst part of this: heās undermined what had been a reasonably unified international campaign for what, like 2 days of diesel?
Not even a single dayās worth. Itās less than the transportation sector uses in a day.
Even if they had it loaded it would be 3 weeks away.
Imagine if he just struck a real deal with Iran. This crisis, of Trumpās own making would resolve itself.
Tuesday
Here is my thing. How in the world is JD Vance not quietly building support for the 25th? Like that might be the only thing that could save them in the election.
But even if they still plan on cheating, Trump is literally nothing more than a liability at this point.
I mean, if we knew he was doing it, it wouldnāt be so quiet. Too much of his cabinet (which would need to vote for it) are unwavering Trump sycophants, but maybe there are enough not-Pete-Hegseths that he could pull it off.
But for Vanceās own sake, he may be best off waiting until after midterms/inauguration in case he needs to cut any deals with the next Congress.
Plus if he gets in after midterms he can serve two more terms (theoretically).
Probably because Vance has to be one of the most unpopular people ever. Seriously, theyāre hanging on because of the cult like devotion to trump. Nix him and go to Vance? Their support drops from high 20s to sub 10s
Wouldnāt doing that with less than half a term left mean that he could then only be elected for one term? So to maximize his own (and Thielās) potential power, heād want to do it right after January 20th. IANAL and obviously IADNACL.
If Vance was plotting this, the 25th is not the way to go. He would need to get half the Cabinet on board, and then when Trump inevitably challenges it it would take 2/3 vote in both houses to toss Trump out.
It would be much better if Vance simply built up support for an impeachment vote. Trump is doing a ton of things that would have gotten anyone else booted by now. And then all thatās needed of a simple majority in the House with no Cabinet input. Still 2/3 of the Senate, but that might end up being only about 15 Republicans after the elections.
Itās performative. Russia doesnāt produce nearly enough disel to satisfy US needs.
This is so that when Ukraine inevitably blows up more Russian refineries Trump can withdraw whatever support is left for Ukraine.
Seems like a better idea to try undo the damage you caused yourself in the first place
Even if that deal works out and everything gets delivered on time, the price would go down cents after Iran war raised the price a few dollars.
Oh oh. trump is going to be in big trouble for not consulting congress. This is the one thing that they absolutely will not stand for. /s
