RE: Russians demise19 Jan 2025 10:46
"trumps aim,is the get the barrel price below $50"
And the billionaires who control O&G companies come to him and say the price is killing them, so he tries to force prices up just as they happen to make large donations to his PAC:
'That was never more apparent than in spring 2020, when an oil-price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia, coupled with a pandemic-driven crash in energy demand, triggered the worst crude-market collapse in history. After years of prodding OPEC to pump more crude, Trump pivoted to leading a once unthinkable quest to raise fuel prices, encouraging the worldβs top producers to slash output.'
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-06/oil-moguls-emerge-as-key-cash-source-for-trump-as-race-nears-end
There is a well known proverb from The Book of Donaldism: ""He who pays the piper calls the tune""