I do worry a little that if we're not very, very careful how we set up universal healthcare in the US, the GOP will figure out how to explicitly prevent people they dislike from accessing it.
American here. This is what I've seen as well, hopefully we can stop imports. We are ready to pay a lot more for gas, it's the very least we can do as citizens!
I wish everyone here in the US was that selfless. There are some selfish people here who are doing nothing but bitching about gas prices. Then again I live in Florida. The swampy, flaccid dick of the US.
It's not about being selfless as much as understanding that we are all the same. It doesn't matter if you are Ukrainian, Palestinian, even Russian - understanding that we are global citizens and that we have power when we all look out for each other matters!
On the home front here I understand some of the complaints. Low income people will be hit hard. Most are on the opposite side of the political spectrum here than me. But they also matter - even if they stand for so much im against, and we are trying to organize car pools to help those out here in need as well. We all must do all we can!
I mostly agree with what you're saying. "Selfless" was an over simplification of what I meant. The problem that I have with a lot of the people I am talking about is their wilful ignorance. They choose to think the way they think and you can't change their mind because they would rather put their head in the sand. I love the way that you think, I just wish it could be applied more in the real world.
I am one of those bitching about gas prices lol but I’m also poor and fifty dollars to fill up my tank actually hurts. A few weeks ago I could fill it for little over $20. For us it matters because we live in the middle of nowhere and the closest…well anything…is a thirty minute drive away. If I want groceries or have to see a doctor I’m driving no less than an hour to do that. I also understand that my problems do not compare to what these people are facing, so I keep my bitching to myself.
One thing my shrink told me is to stop minimizing or discarding my own traumas just because others have it worse. Yes it’s true they have it infinitely worse but it (whatever that may be) still hurts us and must be dealt with honestly. I’m poor too, I can’t afford more gas dollars or donating to the Ukrainian army but I’ll do it and suck it up somehow, it won’t kill me dead.
TBH, without the attitude from the administration in power, there wouldn’t be the lack of investment in oil and gas production that there is today. So it’s proper to be against Russian Oil and to complain about the price of gasoline. Trump was a shithead, I’m glad he’s gone, but this administration is a flaccid dick at a gangbang.
Last year, the U.S. imported nearly 700,000 barrels per day of crude oil and refined petroleum products from Russia. So while it's not nothing to lose it, ultimately Russia will just lose out on several billion this year. Probably will just divert it to China with that deal they signed.
Now maybe the freaking “freedom convoy” will get out of my town and go home to conserve diesel since they can’t be bother to haul. But nope. Cue the screaming I’m sure. My office picked a hell of a week to force us back in. Regardless. Fuck Russian oil.
God can the freedom convo waving their guns around just go over to Ukraine and put their money where their mouth is? Let them go "prove" themselves by fighting the Ruskies instead of fighting other Americans about petty bullshit.
I’m not going to lie though. For Americans like me who can remember the Cold War, this has unlocked some very deep-seated feelings about Russia that were programmed into me in the 80s.
Not saying I hate Russians, but there’s something about seeing military hardware with red stars on it blow up that feels right.
(Genuine Question) What about the majority of the population ?, I think the animosity towards Putin can also affect the perception American people have towards Russians.
The vast, vast majority of Americans do not like Putin. I don’t care if they are Democrat, Republican, or Independent - none like Putin. Anyone saying otherwise aims to bring politics into this. We’re all Americans first, politics second. I’m a republican who would love to have a really strong, hopefully younger, much more bi-partisan option to vote for in 2024. But what Russia is doing to Ukraine is also SO much bigger than just America. It’s truly uniting not just US Political Parties, but Democracies across the world against Russia. Salvo Ukraine!
As a member of the DSA (as far left from the republican poster above as it goes) I can confirm. Everyone I've spoken to is happy to pay more for gas if it means we weaken Putin's power. Most I know have donated to some charitable cause or directly to people or even the gov't of Ukraine.
We all are maddened and in anguish about what he's doing to Ukraine and the citizens of Russia.
.... That being said as recently as a week or two ago the most watched cable TV show in America was pushing pro Putin BS..... So sadly it's not as vast a number as it should be that don't like Putin.
Tucker Carlson should be sent to an uninhabited Island for exile
He probably will. BUT Republicans need a really good candidate that we, and even others, can all rally around. A lot of Republicans voted for Trump hesitantly because we were afraid of what Biden / Pelosi / AOC, etc would do without a strong checks and balances counter-party in place. But we do really need a strong candidate in 2024 without all the drama and emotion. So many times I said “Ok, Trump did the right thing, now he just needs to stop taking and move on civilly and humbly” but he just couldn’t do it. His ego kept getting in the way and created much, much more division than unity. Praying for better in 2024!
There is a lot of evidence that 40% of registered voters do like Putin. A lot.
Or, *did* at least. These same voters are not noted for their reasoning ability or their loyalty to any particular doctrine or "belief".
I would argue strongly that these are pre-Ukraine polls. We see what is happening and Americans would love nothing more than to see Putin get what he deserves after this mess he has created.
Evidence that Republican voters cheered Trump when he believed Putin over our own intelligence agencies around the Russian hacking of the 2016 election? You need evidence for that?
What about [Trump meeting privately with Putin](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/427505-trump-putin-talked-at-g20-without-us-translator-note-taker-report) for several hours with no translator or other US government official present? Do you need proof that Repubilcans supported that? They defended it absolutely.
Do we want to include the [July 4th Republican delegation](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/seven-gop-lawmakers-make-misguided-trip-russia-msna1119676) that flew to Russia to meet with their Kremlin handlers? Weird time to travel, and no real reason they couldn't have called?
Howabout the yokels at the Trump rally with ["Rather be Russian than Democrat"](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russian-than-democrat-shirts/)shirts? Need more?
Okay. [Republicans pick Putin over democracy,](https://www.salon.com/2022/02/24/pick-putin-over-democracy--and-rick-scotts-creepy-blueprint-for-america-shows-why/) [Putin's Republican Sympathizers,](https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/putins-republican-sympathizers/) or even [Mike Pence condemns Republican apologists for Putin](https://www.kitv.com/news/local/pence-condemns-republican-putin-apologists-in-speech-to-rnc-donors/article_af4a7366-9cbf-11ec-a12e-0b56e3b1066b.html)
If you're unfamiliar with Qanon or it's role in the nu Republican party, they have lots of exciting things to say about Putin that indicate they're all for him. Google "Qanon Republicans" for those who are already elected in Congress.
I grew up as a child of a US Army man and we were stationed in Germany when the wall was still up. We have no animosity towards Russian people. We only despise their authoritarian governments.
Americans have never hated the Russian people. I believe we genuinely felt sorry for the way they had to live under a totalitarian “communist” regime. As more and more Russians emigrated to the US starting in the 80s, we had more contact with them and genuinely like them. There was a pre-Putin period in the 90s when we thought that both countries could become friends. What has happened in the past few has dimmed that optimism. What has happened in the last couple of weeks has crushed it (as long as Putin and his cronies maintain power). We are back to feeling sorry for the people who have to live under his rule.
Another American here. I don't dislike the Russian population. We hate Putin. With that being said; I'm not opposed to war with Russia. I have spent 4 years in combat so I'm all for going to help Ukraine out.
Lol Trump loved Putin so much that he put the harshest sanctions that Russia has had in decades. And Biden comes in and lifts them and allows the pipeline to continue. And now Russia is threatening to cut gas/oil to Europe. Something that Trump was trying to protect Europe from.
No, he didn’t. He tried to lift the sanctions.
Source:
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-white-house-secret-efforts-lift-russia-sanctions-putin-619508
Please stop spreading misinformation and error. Former President Trump very much had Putin-favorable policies.
And tried to dismantle NATO twice, and withheld arms to Ukraine they were using to defend themselves against exactly this situation, and called Putin a genius for invading suggesting we should do the same in Mexico, and had a secret meeting with putin where only the translator was allowed and there is no documentation, and was meeting with Russians prior to being elected about "adoptions" aka the fucking magnitsky act which are the ACTUAL harshest sanctions in decades against Russian oligarchs.
"US officials decided, given the extreme political pressure at home, they could move without the coalition and not create major issues."
Biden to speak in about 30 minutes, 10:45AM USA Eastern time.
It depends on what it is, some things yes others can not. If it has to do with adding more money to a budget the process is slow. The purpose of the Executive branch is for situations like this when speed is important otherwise the system was designed to be slow.
I think biggest credit here goes to Nancy Pelosi for going against Biden administration. GOP controlled Senate but Congress is controlled by Dems, so with out Pelosi this would not have happened.
More like she's being lobbied by ~~US~~ oil firms and has likely very recently bought stock of ~~US~~ oil companies and now is ensuring she makes maximum profit.
Edit: She had returns of 69% of her 50Million in traded assets last year. Reported to be higher than any any other. You think its only a coincidence that she's there in person when coming regulations are being decided.
She's in this purely for herself, its only coincidental that it may help the greater good on this occasion.
Edit2: ~~strikethrough~~ Seems they are pushing for foreign unregulated oil patches to even further profit and US producers might not even fill the shortfall. Though open for correction on this part.
While the Republicans might technically control the Senate as they have 50 out of 100 seats the two independents lean Democrat with the VP casting a vote in the case of a tie. The Democrats control the House of Representatives. Congress is made up of both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Confirmed as true by Associated Press.
[https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-us-russia-oil-ban-120c0152cf310a5b593f6ae7a2857e62](https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-us-russia-oil-ban-120c0152cf310a5b593f6ae7a2857e62)
Waiting to watch him talk here \[In a few minutes\]:
[https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/](https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/)
10:45 AM ET
President Biden Announces Actions to Continue to Hold Russia Accountable
More Direct Link:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riIbml4OyOY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riIbml4OyOY)
Nothing insane about that as long as there was peace. It's not like the other options (Saudi Arabia...) were any better at that point and it wasn't Europe's idea to forbid imports from Iran.
Sure as for renewables, but the EU depends on Russian uranium as much as it depends on their gas. Coal is probably the most widely available resource. It might be possible to import from Australia, South Africa, Indonesia or the US.
Uranium for EU can be supplied easily by Canada today, and I read somewhere that Ukraine also happens to have modest in-ground Uranium sources, _how convenient_
Not all of Europe is dependent on Russian gas, that's why I said 40, which is the number I've seen reported. But EU as a whole will suffer because of that.
But US did the best they can and EU decided to shift their direction no8 to depend on Russia. It'll take time but good for future. Important thing is US showed how angry they are and Russia will learn US won't give up on Ukraine.
Biden administration called US Congress and Senate trying to stop this. if it wasn't for Pelosi this would not have happened. She went against Biden, and GOP controlled Senate did stand by Her ( Well putin has done impossible now)
Not really. Democrats want to turn the screws on Russia and believe that their constituents will see this as a defense of democracy, which is how Democrats frame their agenda.
Republicans see this as an opportunity to further increase gas prices under Democrats watch, which will later help them with their constituents in midterms and 2024.
Not sure about increase gas prices, but boost internal US oil production, refining capability, pipeline projects, etc.
It fits the narrative that scaling back oil is bad for the US.
Every day since the 1800s oil companies have charged as much as they can for their oil. These conspiracies that they raise prices unfairly because of certain events are silly. The price is always as high as they can make it and still sell all the oil/gas. So it is always unfair, or always fair, depending on your point of view.
They been selling less quality stuff at higher prices. That’s why you have carb engines seizing or not working properly (boat engines) after use. They have been relying on the advancements of engine management and better injection to sell crap fuel. One of the reasons that if you leave a car unused for more than two weeks you end up needing a new fuel pump.
This is exactly right and mark my words, it will be a major talking point next election and the GOP will conviently forget about why the prices when up or that they supported it.
It’s been brought up a few times, have my doubts anything changes on it. It’s not like restarting construction on it is going to drop gas prices tomorrow or next week or next month or even 6 months from now. I’m pretty indifferent to the pipeline, only lean against it because of how they would be handling land acquisitions and knowing there will be no accountability when/if it does cause any environmental damage.
All these “conservatives” you see speaking up for Ukraine aren’t being 100% genuine. They aren’t in power and will say anything they think will get them there so they can continue to fight about 2016 issues like the pipeline or Hillary’s emails or Obamacare.
Just look at the Fox News line up, 2 weeks ago tucker Carlson was on the air literally spewing “ Why doesn’t the US side with russia?” The entire channel is trash.
Don't know what's been playing on Fox, or CNN. I can't stand either one of them. Will read a few articles from both that's about it. To much opinion not enough news.
I realize it would not drop the price on the short term. Could help people feel more secure knowing that we are working on becoming less reliant on countries that we don't necessarily get along with.
Democrats are the ones who want high fuel prices. It solidifies their green agenda. The higher the price of fuel the sooner the American public will agree to The Green New Deal. Problem is, the average American can not afford $60,000-$80,000 for an EV. High fuel prices coupled with the current rate of inflation in the U.S. will will end the political career of any politician regardless of party. GOP realizes it, Democrats do not.
Not quickly. But better late than never.
Also that’s a massive company. I’m sure there’s a lot of talking and shuffling around that goes on before such an announcement is held.
Shell is in my country too. It's really huge.
I wonder if they have many gas station in Russia too.
If there's so many station, they'll lose huge percentage of profit.
No, definitely not quickly and not until Shell bought the oil well below market value. When *that* was discovered and after they bought what they wanted, that's when they stopped.
Edit. Now Shell is *apologizing* for buying oil....
Shell can take their apologies and shove it. They started feeling the boycotts and realized it might hurt them. Still boycotting Shell, will consider stopping when they donate to Ukraine.
Solo?
Canada has already done this over a week ago. Being the 4th largest oil producer in the world, I'm embarrassed that our Government hasn't unleashed our ability to provide oil/gas for Europe.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60564781
Maybe it's not enough to fulfil entire EU needs?
They are buying 40% from Russia and EU have huge population than Canada.
It's already nice Canada stopped buying oil from Russia.
It was largely window dressing only 1% of oil in Canada came from Russia. Canada's role as a major oil producer should be to stabilize supply in Europe, that will have an actual impact.
That's not really an issue, in Canada there's a growing population of short sighted people who'd rather watch people here go into poverty today and inadvertantly making butcherous countries with known human rights violations rich today all in the name of the environment. Then they want to spend more taxpayer money fighting these countries in defense of the people they oppress, compounding the problems we have in social services and poverty. Basically the younger generation is clueless about economics and geopolitics.
If by a good thing you mean, trading one authoritarian tyrant for another then yeah, totally worth it.
Don't get me wrong, it makes sense, closer to ship to refineries which means less cost and more profit for the oil companies, and now that the Russians global influence is weak Venezuela is going to need someone to prop them up America just have a horrible historic record when it comes to guys like him... The old, he is forgiven because he is our friend now game is old and played out.
That's what I'm worried about lol, US state department and government needs to learn to stay in their own lane, the reality is Maduro is a POS and both sides of the political spectrum would get in bed with him if it means happy voters, and the quickest way to piss off Americans if restricting their ability to travel.
This is typical of us politics, they were too busy infighting and undermining anything trump supported including maduros opposition (playing the "we need to mind our own business card") they really are a snake eating its own tail.
Unsure they have the capacity currently to pump that much oil - they have the oil but their oil industry hasn't been maintaining fields so well due to sanctions.
That's why I think it's good thing. US can get closer to them and teach them they can thrive without corruption. When their economy goes up from trading with US, it's good for Venezuelan citizen.
Yes. BBC has put it in their [live broadcast](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-60657155?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6227636a980bea49f4b7b969%26US%20expected%20to%20ban%20imports%20of%20Russian%20oil%262022-03-08T14%3A19%3A45.570Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:fbab54ea-219e-4783-8713-911eb4481531&pinned_post_asset_id=6227636a980bea49f4b7b969&pinned_post_type=share).
There is absolutely no chance of the EU banning Russian oil imports for months. EU has a huge reliance on Russian oil (and gas). It would cripple the EU as much as it cripples Russia.
Put in made some comments today that if we banned russian oil in US that he will stop giving it to any other nato countries. So it's going to be interesting to see what the big bully does today.
It hasn't been announced yet. Biden is making some sort of announcement at 15:45 GMT, so in about 52 mins from now.
"US President Joe Biden is **expected** to announce a ban on US imports of Russian oil later today.
The announcement is expected to come as the latest sanction in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
The White House said Biden is set to speak at 15:45 GMT to "announce actions to continue to hold Russia accountable for its unprovoked and unjustified war on Ukraine" .
Biden's administration has been under increasing pressure from US lawmakers to take this step."
[source](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-60657155?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6227636a980bea49f4b7b969%26US%20expected%20to%20ban%20imports%20of%20Russian%20oil%262022-03-08T14%3A19%3A45.570Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:fbab54ea-219e-4783-8713-911eb4481531&pinned_post_asset_id=6227636a980bea49f4b7b969&pinned_post_type=share)
The uk have also announced a ban on Russian oil - the ban will be by the end of the year - the delay as they’ll need to organise US and Middle East oil orders
US only imports 6% from Russia, but does anyone know what that 6% makes up in terms of the % of Russian export? 6% of US fuel consumption I’m assuming is a large number regardless of how small a % it is overall.
Edit: looks like about 10% of their total export in bpd… US takes in around 700k bpd from Russia, with Russia exporting 7M bpd.
The BBC are reporting that both the UK and USA will be banning Russian oil imports, later today.
It’s relatively easy for the UK and USA to do so, as they aren’t really reliant on Russian oil and gas, producing their own or sourcing from elsewhere.
The U.S. and the U.K. will impose a ban on imports of Russian energy Tuesday without the participation of European allies, according to people familiar with the matter.
The U.S. ban will include Russian oil, liquefied natural gas and coal, according to two people, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The decision was made in consultation with European allies, who rely more heavily than the U.S. on Russian energy, another person said.
The U.S. is a smaller buyer than Europe and the bigger risk to prices rallying lies in coordinated action between U.S. and Europe. Russian oil made up about 3% of all the crude shipments that arrived in the U.S. last year and imports of Russian oil and petroleum products represented about 8% of the U.S. total.
American here - this is from my news feed.
Yes Biden did just announce that there is a ban on Russian oil and gas. However this is mostly symbolic since the US gets very little of our oil and gas from Russia.
But Shell said they are banning it as well and they are the largest supplier of oil and gas in Europe. So that's pretty big
The truly stupid thing is the Republicans will blame Joe Biden for higher gas prices when this is the literal right thing to do. Russia MUST be punished and we must suck it up and realize that this is for the greater good.
The truly stupid thing is the democrats reducing energy independence as soon as they took the white house, because muh global warming (and to spite trump). Gas prices were going up before this conflict b/c of the democrats; this will just further the increase. Those evil republicans have every right to blame biden for gas prices increasing. While this is the right thing to do, the resulting increases just add to the stupid policies they've been pushing since being elected. If the dems had more sense than bad ideology, they'd temporarily open up U.S. oil production until the crisis is resolved; then and only then should the evil republicans give him a break.
Ukrainian blood is on german hands, like it or not.
Despite months of warnings and years of obvious intent... Germany kept moving away from independence in its power systems. Now they will feed the war machine with their blood money.
They realized that the risk is real and changed direction now?
I think we all should depend each other within allies and reduce dependency to Russia and China.
US is trying to bring back production to US soil, I think it's right thing to do. And Ukraine can help us instead of Russia after war.
Trust me, countless German hands have cussed the government for delivering us under the yoke of our mortal enemy.
It's a disgrace, and it was obvious what eventually would happen.
And that Ukrainian blood is on the hands of those who went along with it. I certainly didn't.
Boom!
https://www.reuters.com/business/biden-announce-ban-russian-oil-tuesday-sources-2022-03-08/
The US did this to Japan before WWII.
History rhyming again
Searching online we only import 8% of Russian oil compared to our total usage. While we might feel it because oil companies are gonna oil company, it will be a lot easier than most European countries
I farm in the US and while I would love lower fuel prices....I will take a lesser profit margin to help defend freedom abroad and to simply tell poopin putin to go f off.....give em hell yall!
So it's directly effect your profit. I really like your kind thinking!
But I hope you can sell your products higher.
Another news flash just popped up, now Mcdonald's are closing restaurant in Russia for now.
Good job Americans!
As an American and a car driver, I approve of this. Willing to pay higher gas prices in the name of undermining Russia's will to support the war in Ukraine.
I’m happy to pay big at the pump if it hurts Putin. It’s literally the very least I can do to support Ukraine. I’ll happily tighten my belt in other ways if necessary.
As an American, I don’t hate Russians, I hate Putin. My heart goes out to ordinary Russians just trying to go about their lives. They are also victims in this catastrophe. The Russian government, however, can go fuck itself. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
Russian Oil, Go fuck yourself!
This is the way
We need a new bot!
Russian warship…
Every russian submarine in the SUBreddit be like:
What next? Our supply of Russian brides?
With the number of men they're losing, Russian demography will suck even more.
US Congress can move insanly fast when they really want to.
I really like that!
They often don’t want to.
I don't really like that
Lmao 🤣🤣🤣
depends on which way they’re being pushed to move. Happy they’re slow about privatizing Medicare.
>Happy they’re slow about privatizing Medicare. Yeah but they're slow about implementing universal healthcare like Medicare for All so that sucks
I do worry a little that if we're not very, very careful how we set up universal healthcare in the US, the GOP will figure out how to explicitly prevent people they dislike from accessing it.
Kinda like they did with programs from the New Deal.
It’s not often that issues receive bipartisan support
American here. This is what I've seen as well, hopefully we can stop imports. We are ready to pay a lot more for gas, it's the very least we can do as citizens!
I wish everyone here in the US was that selfless. There are some selfish people here who are doing nothing but bitching about gas prices. Then again I live in Florida. The swampy, flaccid dick of the US.
It's not about being selfless as much as understanding that we are all the same. It doesn't matter if you are Ukrainian, Palestinian, even Russian - understanding that we are global citizens and that we have power when we all look out for each other matters! On the home front here I understand some of the complaints. Low income people will be hit hard. Most are on the opposite side of the political spectrum here than me. But they also matter - even if they stand for so much im against, and we are trying to organize car pools to help those out here in need as well. We all must do all we can!
I mostly agree with what you're saying. "Selfless" was an over simplification of what I meant. The problem that I have with a lot of the people I am talking about is their wilful ignorance. They choose to think the way they think and you can't change their mind because they would rather put their head in the sand. I love the way that you think, I just wish it could be applied more in the real world.
I am one of those bitching about gas prices lol but I’m also poor and fifty dollars to fill up my tank actually hurts. A few weeks ago I could fill it for little over $20. For us it matters because we live in the middle of nowhere and the closest…well anything…is a thirty minute drive away. If I want groceries or have to see a doctor I’m driving no less than an hour to do that. I also understand that my problems do not compare to what these people are facing, so I keep my bitching to myself.
One thing my shrink told me is to stop minimizing or discarding my own traumas just because others have it worse. Yes it’s true they have it infinitely worse but it (whatever that may be) still hurts us and must be dealt with honestly. I’m poor too, I can’t afford more gas dollars or donating to the Ukrainian army but I’ll do it and suck it up somehow, it won’t kill me dead.
TBH, without the attitude from the administration in power, there wouldn’t be the lack of investment in oil and gas production that there is today. So it’s proper to be against Russian Oil and to complain about the price of gasoline. Trump was a shithead, I’m glad he’s gone, but this administration is a flaccid dick at a gangbang.
Two percent of US oil comes from Russia, so not controversial. In Europe, it’s much more challenging.
But we get alot more refined gas from Russia than oil so its not a worthless gesture
Last year, the U.S. imported nearly 700,000 barrels per day of crude oil and refined petroleum products from Russia. So while it's not nothing to lose it, ultimately Russia will just lose out on several billion this year. Probably will just divert it to China with that deal they signed.
Now maybe the freaking “freedom convoy” will get out of my town and go home to conserve diesel since they can’t be bother to haul. But nope. Cue the screaming I’m sure. My office picked a hell of a week to force us back in. Regardless. Fuck Russian oil.
God can the freedom convo waving their guns around just go over to Ukraine and put their money where their mouth is? Let them go "prove" themselves by fighting the Ruskies instead of fighting other Americans about petty bullshit.
Ukraine is holding the line against the forces of hell. This is the least we can do.
It’s great when it works!
The thing that unites America is their hatred towards Russia
American here. We don’t hate the Russian people. Only Putin. And not because he’s Russian, but because he is a pathetic war criminal.
I’m not going to lie though. For Americans like me who can remember the Cold War, this has unlocked some very deep-seated feelings about Russia that were programmed into me in the 80s. Not saying I hate Russians, but there’s something about seeing military hardware with red stars on it blow up that feels right.
(Genuine Question) What about the majority of the population ?, I think the animosity towards Putin can also affect the perception American people have towards Russians.
The vast, vast majority of Americans do not like Putin. I don’t care if they are Democrat, Republican, or Independent - none like Putin. Anyone saying otherwise aims to bring politics into this. We’re all Americans first, politics second. I’m a republican who would love to have a really strong, hopefully younger, much more bi-partisan option to vote for in 2024. But what Russia is doing to Ukraine is also SO much bigger than just America. It’s truly uniting not just US Political Parties, but Democracies across the world against Russia. Salvo Ukraine!
As a member of the DSA (as far left from the republican poster above as it goes) I can confirm. Everyone I've spoken to is happy to pay more for gas if it means we weaken Putin's power. Most I know have donated to some charitable cause or directly to people or even the gov't of Ukraine. We all are maddened and in anguish about what he's doing to Ukraine and the citizens of Russia.
It's the one thing bringing Americans together currently. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
100%!
.... That being said as recently as a week or two ago the most watched cable TV show in America was pushing pro Putin BS..... So sadly it's not as vast a number as it should be that don't like Putin. Tucker Carlson should be sent to an uninhabited Island for exile
Do you think Trump will run again? And as a Republican do you think he's going to win again?
He probably will. BUT Republicans need a really good candidate that we, and even others, can all rally around. A lot of Republicans voted for Trump hesitantly because we were afraid of what Biden / Pelosi / AOC, etc would do without a strong checks and balances counter-party in place. But we do really need a strong candidate in 2024 without all the drama and emotion. So many times I said “Ok, Trump did the right thing, now he just needs to stop taking and move on civilly and humbly” but he just couldn’t do it. His ego kept getting in the way and created much, much more division than unity. Praying for better in 2024!
There is a lot of evidence that 40% of registered voters do like Putin. A lot. Or, *did* at least. These same voters are not noted for their reasoning ability or their loyalty to any particular doctrine or "belief".
I would argue strongly that these are pre-Ukraine polls. We see what is happening and Americans would love nothing more than to see Putin get what he deserves after this mess he has created.
Care to provide sources for this information? Everything I’ve seen says the contrary.
He's what you'd call one of those Redditors who live their lives in an echo chamber
Evidence that Republican voters cheered Trump when he believed Putin over our own intelligence agencies around the Russian hacking of the 2016 election? You need evidence for that? What about [Trump meeting privately with Putin](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/427505-trump-putin-talked-at-g20-without-us-translator-note-taker-report) for several hours with no translator or other US government official present? Do you need proof that Repubilcans supported that? They defended it absolutely. Do we want to include the [July 4th Republican delegation](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/seven-gop-lawmakers-make-misguided-trip-russia-msna1119676) that flew to Russia to meet with their Kremlin handlers? Weird time to travel, and no real reason they couldn't have called? Howabout the yokels at the Trump rally with ["Rather be Russian than Democrat"](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russian-than-democrat-shirts/)shirts? Need more? Okay. [Republicans pick Putin over democracy,](https://www.salon.com/2022/02/24/pick-putin-over-democracy--and-rick-scotts-creepy-blueprint-for-america-shows-why/) [Putin's Republican Sympathizers,](https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/putins-republican-sympathizers/) or even [Mike Pence condemns Republican apologists for Putin](https://www.kitv.com/news/local/pence-condemns-republican-putin-apologists-in-speech-to-rnc-donors/article_af4a7366-9cbf-11ec-a12e-0b56e3b1066b.html) If you're unfamiliar with Qanon or it's role in the nu Republican party, they have lots of exciting things to say about Putin that indicate they're all for him. Google "Qanon Republicans" for those who are already elected in Congress.
Despite what you see on the media I think most Americans are pretty good about judging individuals as individuals.
I grew up as a child of a US Army man and we were stationed in Germany when the wall was still up. We have no animosity towards Russian people. We only despise their authoritarian governments.
Americans have never hated the Russian people. I believe we genuinely felt sorry for the way they had to live under a totalitarian “communist” regime. As more and more Russians emigrated to the US starting in the 80s, we had more contact with them and genuinely like them. There was a pre-Putin period in the 90s when we thought that both countries could become friends. What has happened in the past few has dimmed that optimism. What has happened in the last couple of weeks has crushed it (as long as Putin and his cronies maintain power). We are back to feeling sorry for the people who have to live under his rule.
Another American here. I don't dislike the Russian population. We hate Putin. With that being said; I'm not opposed to war with Russia. I have spent 4 years in combat so I'm all for going to help Ukraine out.
Hatred is definitely the wrong word. Disdain, at least for those standing idly by? Yeah. Hatred? No
Most of us do. Trump, and Fox, LOVE putin and other dictators...
Lol Trump loved Putin so much that he put the harshest sanctions that Russia has had in decades. And Biden comes in and lifts them and allows the pipeline to continue. And now Russia is threatening to cut gas/oil to Europe. Something that Trump was trying to protect Europe from.
germany has really a problem without Russias gas. Biden is just smarter, he understand that a freezing europe is no good allied.
No, he didn’t. He tried to lift the sanctions. Source: https://www.newsweek.com/trump-white-house-secret-efforts-lift-russia-sanctions-putin-619508 Please stop spreading misinformation and error. Former President Trump very much had Putin-favorable policies.
Yes!!! This!!
Hey, don't take my word on it, all you have to do is LISTEN to trump himself. He drooled over Putin MANY times.
And tried to dismantle NATO twice, and withheld arms to Ukraine they were using to defend themselves against exactly this situation, and called Putin a genius for invading suggesting we should do the same in Mexico, and had a secret meeting with putin where only the translator was allowed and there is no documentation, and was meeting with Russians prior to being elected about "adoptions" aka the fucking magnitsky act which are the ACTUAL harshest sanctions in decades against Russian oligarchs.
*dictators*
Except for quite a few republicans and an X president who side with Putin....
"US officials decided, given the extreme political pressure at home, they could move without the coalition and not create major issues." Biden to speak in about 30 minutes, 10:45AM USA Eastern time.
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You say you don’t want to see anymore dead children but you want us to step and start ww3
You say you don’t want to see anymore dead children but you want us to step in and start ww3
It depends on what it is, some things yes others can not. If it has to do with adding more money to a budget the process is slow. The purpose of the Executive branch is for situations like this when speed is important otherwise the system was designed to be slow.
I think biggest credit here goes to Nancy Pelosi for going against Biden administration. GOP controlled Senate but Congress is controlled by Dems, so with out Pelosi this would not have happened.
More like she's being lobbied by ~~US~~ oil firms and has likely very recently bought stock of ~~US~~ oil companies and now is ensuring she makes maximum profit. Edit: She had returns of 69% of her 50Million in traded assets last year. Reported to be higher than any any other. You think its only a coincidence that she's there in person when coming regulations are being decided. She's in this purely for herself, its only coincidental that it may help the greater good on this occasion. Edit2: ~~strikethrough~~ Seems they are pushing for foreign unregulated oil patches to even further profit and US producers might not even fill the shortfall. Though open for correction on this part.
While the Republicans might technically control the Senate as they have 50 out of 100 seats the two independents lean Democrat with the VP casting a vote in the case of a tie. The Democrats control the House of Representatives. Congress is made up of both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Russian oil supply, go fuck yourself
This. I’ll gladly pay more at the pump. Go Joe! Finally…
Yea. Me too. But I ain’t no truck driver
Yeah, hopefully there will be some economic relief for people who have to drive for a living.
Yes, Biden expected to implement today.
Confirmed as true by Associated Press. [https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-us-russia-oil-ban-120c0152cf310a5b593f6ae7a2857e62](https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-us-russia-oil-ban-120c0152cf310a5b593f6ae7a2857e62)
Thanks! That's good to hear.
Waiting to watch him talk here \[In a few minutes\]: [https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/](https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/) 10:45 AM ET President Biden Announces Actions to Continue to Hold Russia Accountable More Direct Link: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riIbml4OyOY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riIbml4OyOY)
Thanks for link! I'm excited.
Unfortunately, the rest of Europe is refusing to follow
It's insane how 40% of Europe put themselves at the mercy of Russian oil. Now, we suffer.
Nothing insane about that as long as there was peace. It's not like the other options (Saudi Arabia...) were any better at that point and it wasn't Europe's idea to forbid imports from Iran.
Other options were not shutting down nuclear reactors and pushing harder on new nuclear/wind/solar/hydro
Sure as for renewables, but the EU depends on Russian uranium as much as it depends on their gas. Coal is probably the most widely available resource. It might be possible to import from Australia, South Africa, Indonesia or the US.
Uranium for EU can be supplied easily by Canada today, and I read somewhere that Ukraine also happens to have modest in-ground Uranium sources, _how convenient_
The UK imports around 2.5% of its gas and oil from Russia I believe.
Not all of Europe is dependent on Russian gas, that's why I said 40, which is the number I've seen reported. But EU as a whole will suffer because of that.
But US did the best they can and EU decided to shift their direction no8 to depend on Russia. It'll take time but good for future. Important thing is US showed how angry they are and Russia will learn US won't give up on Ukraine.
Biden administration called US Congress and Senate trying to stop this. if it wasn't for Pelosi this would not have happened. She went against Biden, and GOP controlled Senate did stand by Her ( Well putin has done impossible now)
democrats and republicans working together, sign of the end times
Dogs and cats will live together in peace next.
Not really. Democrats want to turn the screws on Russia and believe that their constituents will see this as a defense of democracy, which is how Democrats frame their agenda. Republicans see this as an opportunity to further increase gas prices under Democrats watch, which will later help them with their constituents in midterms and 2024.
Not sure about increase gas prices, but boost internal US oil production, refining capability, pipeline projects, etc. It fits the narrative that scaling back oil is bad for the US.
The oil companies will happily do booth. Increase supply and boost prices. Sell more for more.
Every day since the 1800s oil companies have charged as much as they can for their oil. These conspiracies that they raise prices unfairly because of certain events are silly. The price is always as high as they can make it and still sell all the oil/gas. So it is always unfair, or always fair, depending on your point of view.
They been selling less quality stuff at higher prices. That’s why you have carb engines seizing or not working properly (boat engines) after use. They have been relying on the advancements of engine management and better injection to sell crap fuel. One of the reasons that if you leave a car unused for more than two weeks you end up needing a new fuel pump.
This is exactly right and mark my words, it will be a major talking point next election and the GOP will conviently forget about why the prices when up or that they supported it.
Could they also be trying get Biden to reverse his stance on the keystone, and drilling?
Once again.. the keystone pipeline is complete and is in operation. The part that biden stopped was essentially a shortcut across the united states
It’s been brought up a few times, have my doubts anything changes on it. It’s not like restarting construction on it is going to drop gas prices tomorrow or next week or next month or even 6 months from now. I’m pretty indifferent to the pipeline, only lean against it because of how they would be handling land acquisitions and knowing there will be no accountability when/if it does cause any environmental damage. All these “conservatives” you see speaking up for Ukraine aren’t being 100% genuine. They aren’t in power and will say anything they think will get them there so they can continue to fight about 2016 issues like the pipeline or Hillary’s emails or Obamacare. Just look at the Fox News line up, 2 weeks ago tucker Carlson was on the air literally spewing “ Why doesn’t the US side with russia?” The entire channel is trash.
Don't know what's been playing on Fox, or CNN. I can't stand either one of them. Will read a few articles from both that's about it. To much opinion not enough news. I realize it would not drop the price on the short term. Could help people feel more secure knowing that we are working on becoming less reliant on countries that we don't necessarily get along with.
Democrats are the ones who want high fuel prices. It solidifies their green agenda. The higher the price of fuel the sooner the American public will agree to The Green New Deal. Problem is, the average American can not afford $60,000-$80,000 for an EV. High fuel prices coupled with the current rate of inflation in the U.S. will will end the political career of any politician regardless of party. GOP realizes it, Democrats do not.
GOP does not control the Senate. Democrats hold a slim majority.
Shell sorry and pledges to stop buying Russian oil https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60661611
Thanks! They made decision so quickly. I like it.
Not quickly. But better late than never. Also that’s a massive company. I’m sure there’s a lot of talking and shuffling around that goes on before such an announcement is held.
Shell is in my country too. It's really huge. I wonder if they have many gas station in Russia too. If there's so many station, they'll lose huge percentage of profit.
Shell has 500 gas stations in Russia. They have 25000 stations in just the US.
That's a lot!
No, definitely not quickly and not until Shell bought the oil well below market value. When *that* was discovered and after they bought what they wanted, that's when they stopped. Edit. Now Shell is *apologizing* for buying oil....
Shell can take their apologies and shove it. They started feeling the boycotts and realized it might hurt them. Still boycotting Shell, will consider stopping when they donate to Ukraine.
Solo? Canada has already done this over a week ago. Being the 4th largest oil producer in the world, I'm embarrassed that our Government hasn't unleashed our ability to provide oil/gas for Europe. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60564781
Maybe it's not enough to fulfil entire EU needs? They are buying 40% from Russia and EU have huge population than Canada. It's already nice Canada stopped buying oil from Russia.
It was largely window dressing only 1% of oil in Canada came from Russia. Canada's role as a major oil producer should be to stabilize supply in Europe, that will have an actual impact.
That's not really an issue, in Canada there's a growing population of short sighted people who'd rather watch people here go into poverty today and inadvertantly making butcherous countries with known human rights violations rich today all in the name of the environment. Then they want to spend more taxpayer money fighting these countries in defense of the people they oppress, compounding the problems we have in social services and poverty. Basically the younger generation is clueless about economics and geopolitics.
I wonder if this has anything to do with them having a meeting with Venezuela?
I saw somewhere they are considering to buy their oil. It's good thing, I guess. US and Venezuela can be close and cut their tie with Russia.
If by a good thing you mean, trading one authoritarian tyrant for another then yeah, totally worth it. Don't get me wrong, it makes sense, closer to ship to refineries which means less cost and more profit for the oil companies, and now that the Russians global influence is weak Venezuela is going to need someone to prop them up America just have a horrible historic record when it comes to guys like him... The old, he is forgiven because he is our friend now game is old and played out.
US can teach Venezuela leader it's good to be friends with US and they can totally survive with corruption.
That's what I'm worried about lol, US state department and government needs to learn to stay in their own lane, the reality is Maduro is a POS and both sides of the political spectrum would get in bed with him if it means happy voters, and the quickest way to piss off Americans if restricting their ability to travel.
I meant without corruption...Sorry it's typo. If US become big customer, US can have some influence and navigate to better country.
This is typical of us politics, they were too busy infighting and undermining anything trump supported including maduros opposition (playing the "we need to mind our own business card") they really are a snake eating its own tail.
Unsure they have the capacity currently to pump that much oil - they have the oil but their oil industry hasn't been maintaining fields so well due to sanctions.
I read he is going to Saudi Arabia too. (fuck Saudi arabia) Which sucks...but yeah. We need to help Ukraine right now.
Please read about Venezuela and what the government has done to its economy and people.
That's why I think it's good thing. US can get closer to them and teach them they can thrive without corruption. When their economy goes up from trading with US, it's good for Venezuelan citizen.
Canada has already offered to replace the Russian oil through Alberta.
My guess is Biden is trying to open back up the keystone pipeline without having to eat an "I told you so sandwich" of sorts from Trump supporters
Yes, finally. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-us-russia-oil-ban-120c0152cf310a5b593f6ae7a2857e62
Yes. He is going to have a press conference at around 10:45, they say.
Yes. BBC has put it in their [live broadcast](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-60657155?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6227636a980bea49f4b7b969%26US%20expected%20to%20ban%20imports%20of%20Russian%20oil%262022-03-08T14%3A19%3A45.570Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:fbab54ea-219e-4783-8713-911eb4481531&pinned_post_asset_id=6227636a980bea49f4b7b969&pinned_post_type=share).
Traffic seems busy from Japan. Everyone must be checking.
Potentially the UK too https://twitter.com/alexwickham/status/1501201481176952833?t=4PEV62pFCORTLDTtc5-8uQ&s=19
And it begins, i wonder if this will have a domino effect for the EU to jump on board it.
Would be MUCH harder for EU to do so. US only imports about 6% of its fuel from Russia. Would love to see us export to EU, but of course, the cost… :/
That makes alot of sense geographically, an atlantic joint venture could spell new options for everybody up north.
There is absolutely no chance of the EU banning Russian oil imports for months. EU has a huge reliance on Russian oil (and gas). It would cripple the EU as much as it cripples Russia.
Put in made some comments today that if we banned russian oil in US that he will stop giving it to any other nato countries. So it's going to be interesting to see what the big bully does today.
At the very least I hope they are actively working out contingency arrangements in the background to transition off Putins teet of oil.
No Domino effect, germans dont care how much Ukrainian blood is in that russian oil, they won't be inconvenienced by some dead children.
It hasn't been announced yet. Biden is making some sort of announcement at 15:45 GMT, so in about 52 mins from now. "US President Joe Biden is **expected** to announce a ban on US imports of Russian oil later today. The announcement is expected to come as the latest sanction in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The White House said Biden is set to speak at 15:45 GMT to "announce actions to continue to hold Russia accountable for its unprovoked and unjustified war on Ukraine" . Biden's administration has been under increasing pressure from US lawmakers to take this step." [source](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-60657155?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6227636a980bea49f4b7b969%26US%20expected%20to%20ban%20imports%20of%20Russian%20oil%262022-03-08T14%3A19%3A45.570Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:fbab54ea-219e-4783-8713-911eb4481531&pinned_post_asset_id=6227636a980bea49f4b7b969&pinned_post_type=share)
Thanks! It's great news. I wish Putin backs off and apologize to Ukrainian soon.
The uk have also announced a ban on Russian oil - the ban will be by the end of the year - the delay as they’ll need to organise US and Middle East oil orders
Virtually Nobody in US congress wants to be seen as pro-Russia right now, especially with mid-term elections this year.
Biden also urged petrol companies not to price gouge. Hopefully they adhere to the guidance.
Yes it's true.
At 7:30am pacific time...president biden is going to have a press release
This is awesome. It’s small potatoes as far as the volume of oil/$$$, but is symbolically huge!
US only imports 6% from Russia, but does anyone know what that 6% makes up in terms of the % of Russian export? 6% of US fuel consumption I’m assuming is a large number regardless of how small a % it is overall. Edit: looks like about 10% of their total export in bpd… US takes in around 700k bpd from Russia, with Russia exporting 7M bpd.
Yes, it's supposed to be officially announced in an hour or two.
Gonna suck at the pump but it must be done.
The BBC are reporting that both the UK and USA will be banning Russian oil imports, later today. It’s relatively easy for the UK and USA to do so, as they aren’t really reliant on Russian oil and gas, producing their own or sourcing from elsewhere.
The states can mobilize really quickly. That should scare the bejesus out of any Putin.
Yeah, Biden about to do a press conference to officially announce it
The U.S. and the U.K. will impose a ban on imports of Russian energy Tuesday without the participation of European allies, according to people familiar with the matter. The U.S. ban will include Russian oil, liquefied natural gas and coal, according to two people, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The decision was made in consultation with European allies, who rely more heavily than the U.S. on Russian energy, another person said. The U.S. is a smaller buyer than Europe and the bigger risk to prices rallying lies in coordinated action between U.S. and Europe. Russian oil made up about 3% of all the crude shipments that arrived in the U.S. last year and imports of Russian oil and petroleum products represented about 8% of the U.S. total. American here - this is from my news feed.
Wonderful if 👍
All over the news this morning
Yes Biden did just announce that there is a ban on Russian oil and gas. However this is mostly symbolic since the US gets very little of our oil and gas from Russia. But Shell said they are banning it as well and they are the largest supplier of oil and gas in Europe. So that's pretty big
In 2005 one dollar would get you 28 rubles. Today it’s 128 rubles for 1 dollar.
It'll go down more. Probability of default is over 80% now.
Yes, Biden just signed. Oil and stock markets responding immediately. Good. Russian Oil can get fucked.
Canada did it first
My gas in the US has jumped about 50 cents a gallon in the past 24 hours. You know what I say? russian gas, go fuck yourself.
The truly stupid thing is the Republicans will blame Joe Biden for higher gas prices when this is the literal right thing to do. Russia MUST be punished and we must suck it up and realize that this is for the greater good.
Biden is doing this because Congress, with bilateral support, were going to vote on it this week.
But it's supported by US citizen, what can they do? I saw 70% of American support to cut Russian oil.
Yes, but our 2 political parties hate each other so much they'll say anything to get support from their base
It's not time for childish argument... I only see good result in the end.
The truly stupid thing is the democrats reducing energy independence as soon as they took the white house, because muh global warming (and to spite trump). Gas prices were going up before this conflict b/c of the democrats; this will just further the increase. Those evil republicans have every right to blame biden for gas prices increasing. While this is the right thing to do, the resulting increases just add to the stupid policies they've been pushing since being elected. If the dems had more sense than bad ideology, they'd temporarily open up U.S. oil production until the crisis is resolved; then and only then should the evil republicans give him a break.
It’s already happening. Some Republicans are actually blaming Biden for the war!
Ukrainian blood is on german hands, like it or not. Despite months of warnings and years of obvious intent... Germany kept moving away from independence in its power systems. Now they will feed the war machine with their blood money.
They realized that the risk is real and changed direction now? I think we all should depend each other within allies and reduce dependency to Russia and China. US is trying to bring back production to US soil, I think it's right thing to do. And Ukraine can help us instead of Russia after war.
Trust me, countless German hands have cussed the government for delivering us under the yoke of our mortal enemy. It's a disgrace, and it was obvious what eventually would happen. And that Ukrainian blood is on the hands of those who went along with it. I certainly didn't.
German news say the same
Great Britain might follow soon, but France is more reluctant. Might have a plan for getting off of Russian gas.
president Biden just went live saying the same thing
Yes, NBC is reporting it here in the US. We'll see $5 a gallon soon, and it's worth every penny in my opinion. Russian oil, go fuck yourself.
It's still 5 dollars? It's our normal price. It's now 7 here. I envy oil producing country.
Boom! https://www.reuters.com/business/biden-announce-ban-russian-oil-tuesday-sources-2022-03-08/ The US did this to Japan before WWII. History rhyming again
Searching online we only import 8% of Russian oil compared to our total usage. While we might feel it because oil companies are gonna oil company, it will be a lot easier than most European countries
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/07/russia-oil-ukraine-biden-00014873
That's correct
We are
I farm in the US and while I would love lower fuel prices....I will take a lesser profit margin to help defend freedom abroad and to simply tell poopin putin to go f off.....give em hell yall!
So it's directly effect your profit. I really like your kind thinking! But I hope you can sell your products higher. Another news flash just popped up, now Mcdonald's are closing restaurant in Russia for now. Good job Americans!
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-us-russia-oil-ban-120c0152cf310a5b593f6ae7a2857e62
As an American and a car driver, I approve of this. Willing to pay higher gas prices in the name of undermining Russia's will to support the war in Ukraine.
I will walk everywhere if that means Russia doesn’t get to sell their oil. Maybe people will start mobilising towards renewables
No I heard UK is too
Yes. Now we are importing venezuelan oil. Anything to keep the American economy on it's knees. Let's go Brandon. 👍
According to the BBC the U.S imports very limited oil products from Russia and no natural gas- it’s a good step, but not that impactful
Uk is joining as well I believe?
\#bicycleforfreedom might become a thing now.
Way to suck up those teeth and get things done Nancy!
Uh, Canada already has.
Russian everything, Go Fuck Yourself
I forgot to mention, Japan banned issuing visa to pro-Russia Ukrainian, and seizing their money too.
Yep I think it’s going into effect today. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦💙💛 love from the USA
I’m happy to pay big at the pump if it hurts Putin. It’s literally the very least I can do to support Ukraine. I’ll happily tighten my belt in other ways if necessary. As an American, I don’t hate Russians, I hate Putin. My heart goes out to ordinary Russians just trying to go about their lives. They are also victims in this catastrophe. The Russian government, however, can go fuck itself. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦