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prestonpiggy
at least they have public transpo... uhh bad times for them.
duktayp
discostewsm
They'll have a concept of one in two weeks.
androgenoide
This was entirely predictable. H.W. Bush released quite a bit from the reserve before going into Iraq specifically to avoid a price spike like this. Trump is not accustomed to considering consequences.
CatSparkleBreaker
the plan is to bankrupt everyone and rob us blind under the cover of the wars they start, obviously
NOINITIATIVE
The plan is sabotage for their Russian overlord.
squillis
Actually, to fact-check, this is due to the fact President Biden released 1m barrels of oil/day for 180 days in 2022 with plans to buy them back at a lower price later because he didn't declare war to hide a relationship with Epstein who didn't kill himself
squillis
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Petroleum_Reserve_(United_States)
TheDiscoVampire
"Concepts of a plan".
kaijuuGold
i think the plan is to start drilling off the west coast
wasiteverreal
Pah-lan? What’s a pah-lan?
aface62
I'd suggest that's why they hit Venezuela first to stock up, but that would have required forward thinking.
SquirrelWithATophat
Trump campaigned on promises to drive the country into the ground and commit as many atrocities (not just crimes, but full blown atrocities and crimes against humanity) as possible this term. Anyone surprised by this or who hasn't yet accepted that this shit in intentional is either lying and fully complicit, or so utterly oblivious that they are a danger to themselves and everyone around them.
VictusVonGuyver
Even without the war, Trump has contributed to a lot of deaths. Outside of the million that died from his inaction during Covid to hopefully kill democratic voters off, his USAID cuts have already killed many. What began in early 2025 are estimated to have caused between 600,000 and over 780,000 deaths as of late 2025 to early 2026 according to the Maryland School of Medicine.
HeywouldJablowme
Never assume they don't have a plan. They do have a plan. Unfortunately, that plan is to create as much chaos as possible so they can continue their crime spree. Trump wants to be emperor of the world. But deep down inside he knows he's out in 28. And he's going to spend the rest of his life behind bars, maybe. So what would a malignant narcissist with dementia do? They burn down the whole fucking world, because why not?
TheDiscoVampire
VibratingNipples
Didn't Trump stole that oil and sold it? He could've easily put it into the reserve...
CheeseB0t
You might be thinking of Venezuela, which is an entirely different country.
They are just blowing up the oil in Iran
pegasuschick
Ego. They thought that it would be over in a day (re: regime change in Venezuela) and didn't make plans for sustained conflict. And they certainly DGAF about economic impact.
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
Come on! Collapse already!
ExciteableBoy
AllBent
Grumpy72
Here's a possibility: someone in Trump's group thought that if they went to war in Iran without the SOR then oil prices would rise and American companies would start drilling and raising production. Then all the people with oil stocks would get richer. They went with: shorten supply, drive profits higher, force increased production, profit from higher prices.
pandemicpolemic
Not just *a* possibility, this is the most likely explanation.
The Iran War, brought to you by the “Drill Baby Drill!” Party.
Mommyshiba
This is why they collected the Venezuela oil first. Wait. That money's all going into a private Saudi bank account with Trump's name on it ... wait ...
lightfoot2
That would have cost money, and Trump doesn't do that.
urusername2
Starting to???
rubypilgrim
perhaps this is their plan. It certainly is consistent with all their other decisions.
mandorsawalll
Sauce?
fulcrims
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Petroleum_Reserve_(United_States)
PolitiCat
They forgot to inform multiple US facilities (including military) in the middle east of this illegal attack. And some of them were hit in retaliation.
CitrusyGarlic
Trump has a plan! His foreign plan is to do whatever BB tells him to do so that BB doesn't release the snuff and cannibalism tapes and his domestic plan is to do whatever Laura Loomer tells him to do so he can keep getting blown by her.
pretzeldialectic
Give us a source and some numbers or something so we know this isn't just propaganda.
whatthewoda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Petroleum_Reserve_(United_States)
Took only one second to google.
shadowsdustwind
So this post is false thx. Just like 9/10 posts on imgur.
pretzeldialectic
Thanks, much appreciated. Notes: 1) 900 people have seen this post; should they all have to google every Imgur post to see if it's true? 2) Every post is a good or bad example in a time of growing disinformation. We can't very well complain about lies if our own posts are indistinguishable in form from fake news. 3) The meme implies that we have not been building our reserve back up, but your graph shows that in truth we have.
theskepticinme
I love source. It’s my favorite
fulcrims
I like sauce better
thepeenisbehindthetrenchcoat
just wait til you see what's left in fort knox.
ontarioOT
A hastily scribbled note saying, "Biden stole it."
CheeseB0t
I hear Diddy has plenty of oil
thepeenisbehindthetrenchcoat
lolol, yep, most likely. along with a few empty mcpukes cheeseburger wrappers on the floor.
horsetuna
Will they blame Biden or Obama? Like they did for the pandemic supplies?
howcansomeonepossiblyhavethesameweirdusernamealready
Well, I mean, it IS totally Biden's fault that he didn't rebuild the reserves because he didn't predict a man-child pedophile would start a war with Iran to distract from the fact that he rapes underage girls. /s
OceanCitySoul
They've been blaming Biden for depleting the supply while forgetting Trump had over a year to refill them.
terajack2048
Oh man when is the second coming for the pandemic gonna get here
DaftMink
Distract with Hilary, mention Bill in the Epstien files, finish off with a business scam selling shoes. Brawndo, it's got what plants crave! It's got electrolytes.
iConfirmAnythingAndEverything
No no, they will blame Biden like they did with the Afghanistan withdrawal.
MajorNikon
Biden increased the strategic oil reserve so we could use it to fuck OPEC. In doing so the MAGA dipshits cried when gas prices temporarily went up, but then conveniently forgot when he broke OPEC's back and prices went low and stayed low. Fat Nixon raised gas prices just to divert attention from his child fucking.
KingdomsCrown
"Fat Nixon" got me rolling lmao
Semphir
And lt doesn’t seem to be going well either. Trump is over om truth social saying that he will "rain death, fire and rage" over Iran if they don't open the strait. He will "hit 20 times harder and Iran will never ever be able to rebuild as a nation".
Nukes?.. I dunno.. But shit is going really bad for trumpy
He11ie
Well we know he's been wanting to fire off a nuke since the last time except that time it was to stop a hurricane. This is the dumbest worst timeline.
ShinksAvoHazaar
What’s their talking point now. “Short term pain for long term gain”. Fuck those morons.
pixelsnader
Yeah but who gets the pain and who the gain?
ElroydIsGone
Same like Brexit, all economic disadvantages for the UK and businesses going bust were just "teething problems" of the sunny uplands to come. When the "Minister of Brexit opportunities", Jacob Rees-Mogg was asked about when the glorious Brexit dividend would be palpable for the British he had the gall to say "in about 50 years". Just get over the short term misery of 49 years.
Arbitrarynamehere
He also said the war would be over soon and sent prices down like $20 a barrel today
varonicaED
Biden was doing oil trading, buying when it was low and selling when it was high, it was a method he used to try to smooth out global oil price spikes and make money for the US, basically oil trading. The GOP complained because he was selling the reserves, but it was a strategic plan. Trump just let them run dry and then went to war against his suppliers, well done!
NussKnuspermix
Always kinda makes me sad that they were never really able to sell it to the public this way. If there are ever elections again and this nightmare ends, Dems really need to get better at bragging. Silently doing shit in the background doesn't work in this day and age anymore.
InconspicuousLampshade
Doesn't help that the right has control of the media.
psmith00
i'm certain that with a properly apologetic attitude from Trump et al Canada will sell some oil to the US but they're not going to get the sweetheart deal they were used to since Canada would get more than they had ever gotten from the States for their oil by selling it to others in the market.
OneCraftyHooker
I thought Canada wouldn't let American planes fly over any more? Can't imagine they will be selling us oil.
psmith00
as said, with the proper apologies, a little contrition, arrangements can be made but not while the Trump Regime tries to bully and bluster Canada into thinking that America is Canada's superior. they were great partners for decades but the new American Regime has squandered all that good will. especially as they, the Right, would never allow Canada actual statehood. that would introduce too many new House Reps that would not vote along with the Republicans.
drinkthederpentine
The obsession with gas prices is so fucking stupid. For almost everyone it's a negligible portion of their monthly spending. Vastly smaller than housing costs, the cost of the car itself, and groceries .
Zephyr86
That was it was when it was $1.00 And that your going to say when it slowly climbs to $5.00
drinkthederpentine
Every minute spent talking about a $5 a gallon gas is better spent talking about $3000/mo rent or mortgage
Zephyr86
Or raising everything else when minimum wage goes up
naughtyrev
No, they'll just be "forced" to buy from Russia.
yamsonyamsonyams
The USA produces more oil and gasoline than any other nation on the planet… we’ll be fine in that regard
It’s just everything else that’s wrong, including thst all the wealth from the oil extracted from public lands goes into the pockets of the wealthy. Even Saudi Arabia has the decency to bribe their citizens
truemdgeist1337
Or they just went to Venezuela again...
Shadowkrieger
I thought they stole Venezuela for that
IhopeUgetwhatUvoted4
"forced"... yeah... suddenly India is allowed to buy russian oil
myhumblecontribution
Trump cancels sanctions against countries buying Russian oil /gallery/trump-cancels-sanctions-against-countries-buying-russian-oil-long-time-russian-patriot-nkxowea
pixelsnader
There's still European sanctions and Ukrainian kenetic sanctions.
downsouthfarm
Australian here: Because our politicians are stupid our strategic petroleum reserve is stored in the US. I predict we never see it again.
ptenopus
We have like 2 billion barrels in offshore reserves we *could* access. With the word "could" doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
laurapede83
'predict?' You thought you were gonna get it back? Definitely not now. This asshole takes whatever the fuck he wants with absolutely no intent to ever give it back. Especially little girls. He's most likely going to use it up on this war, and it is a war! Not a conflict!
pixelsnader
Yeah but it make sense though. Where would you put it in Australia? Very cramped country, no space for oil storage.
downsouthfarm
100%
potshot
The US has more than enough natural oil reserves for all their needs, the problem is that it is in forms difficult to extract and refine. A jump in oil prices suddenly means that a huge portion of previously unprofitable reserves become profitable to extract.
bhraal
I believe the strategic reserve refers to oil that has already been extracted and is held in storage, ready for processing.
If we want to go down the conspiracy route here it's that the governemnt will be "forced" to buy an incredible amount of oil at the current inflated price from some of Trumps strongest supporters using taxpayer money.
potshot
But the US is a net exporter. It's self-evident Trump is going to use this as a business opportunity because that's exactly what he's done previously, but it has little to do with Russia. He's lining pockets at home by buying from local producers at the inflated price while also making local ramped up production viable.
bhraal
Which is why I didn't say anything about Russia.
potshot
But the comment I was replying to did. That was the context. The US has natural reserves Trump will tap before turning to Russia because that's how he lines his and his cronies pockets. He will, likely, fill the national reserves out of those previously unprofitable natural reserves.
hellospacemonkey
Ukraine is not going to let that happen. The USA is no longer supporting Ukraine, and Ukraine is going after anything it wants.
naughtyrev
Godspeed to Ukraine and I hope they succeed.
MrOne2
Plus, they didn't say thank you since yesterday... Clearly they don't appreciate the help /s
SarcasticComment
at the minimum acknowledge JD's smokey eye. He worked hard on getting pretty for the meeting
MrOne2
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OrangeFlavours
Dude, the US not supporting Ukraine means ukraine has a harder time fighting, and they definitely can't fight the US.
hellospacemonkey
I understand. I stated the current facts. I want the USA to give everything that Ukraine needs to survive and take back their country from Putin. Russians need to get rid of Putin.
agonarch
They mean they might attack russian oil.
turtlezapato
My dudes, Ukraine is supporting the ~United States~ with Iranian drone warfare because they are the current experts on it. They are helping the US with the Iran War, I just feel the need to say that statement twice for the absurdity and the selflessness of it.
UsernameAlreadyTaken058
Never underestimate the Trump admin's ability to not realize 1) there's a problem and 2) they need help with it. I can totally see them not accepting Ukraine's offer of help out of stupidity and spite.
DeanSledgehammer
And 3)if they get help from Ukraine, don't underestimate their unwillingness to pay it back.