people voted for this fucking muppet, thinking he was going to do something to improve things

the great american experiment is a failure. nice not knowing you all

The only thing that would make this meme better is if Trump was doing his double handy circle jerk dance jerking those other jackasses off.

it's smart for business (if that business is manufacturing weapons of war).

just another grift to throw in the griftfire.

Insanity…

I literally laughed out loud!

The US Bought Iranian Oil from Russia

Yeah, it makes perfect sense when framed as a war between the ultra-wealthy and everyone else rather nation against nation.

"Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia."

While he naps and shits in his nappies on live TV

I think this implies too much that these people somehow care for their respective nation states when all they do is shovel money into their friends bank accounts while bleeding social welfare dry.

It's literally a scam. Governments are nothing but glorified gangsters.

thinking he was going to do something to improve things

A very common mistake was in failing to understand the causes & benefits of FDR-style democracy, and the ~four decade age of prosperity that grew out of it. That and thinking that democracy was a birthright.

Such American voters were always going to be ripe for the grift.

Let's say it again:

📣 The diesel that Trump bought from Russia is diesel that Russia bought from Iran. $6.4B of US taxpayer money to fund two enemies killing our guys.

To anyone who still supports this guy: Come on... He's screwing you, stabbing friends in the back, stealing as much as he can for himself. Are you done yet?

No, hes playing both sides do he always comes out on top. Its wicked smahrt.

If you're anti-US Trump is like the best person for the job

Big brain high IQ efficiency at its finest.

I remember someone on reddit said after he won, "now just sit back, relax, and your wallet will thank you" all smugly, like the economy was going to make us all rich.

I hope that fuck is struggling with his car payments and can't afford gas.

This is what you get when you elect a literal traitor as president

Russia and Russia's hired POTUS are funding a war on the US

I'm not super knowledgeable in the field but maybe Trump wants to bring the gas prices down for the upcoming election, without caring about how.

Also a prolonged war means defence contractors, who have always been US friends get more business as a result.

The tiny amount of diesel he bought will not have a measurable impact. If that was his plan he's either stupid or stupid and desperate.

Currupt. The word you're looking for is curruption not STUPID. All of this is very much 1000% intentional and I wish we would stop framing these thieves as idiots. They are robbing the US treasury boldly in front of our eyes and framing it as "oops we are so dumb and incompetent" but they absolutely are not. Every single bit of this is planned and meticulously thought out with the goal of stealing from you, me, and our future.

That tracks.

My ex best friend ate the whole thing hook line and sinker by both trump and musk, now he trying to make an AI startup after quitting his well paying IT job. He isn't even American

Should one of the main aim of the war to feed weapons makers with public money (and avoid to let public money available for social welfare) it would be totally logical to prevent the war ends too fast.

Now that's what I call a 'self-own' 👀

Lindsey Graham? I thought you were dead!

I think you meant corruption, but you're absolutely right.

Spelling isn't my special interest.

I am opposed to this position, but it seems to be classical among republicans. I didn't know Graham, but yes he seems to be one of those favorable to this... Thanks for letting me know about him.

All Republicans are traitors at this point.
You lend your power to someone who in turn lends it to a traitor, therefore you're a traitor. The last ten years have shown that Socrates was right, the average person is too dumb to vote for their own self interest and will elect demagogues.

Yes yes yes! They are not stupid, they are malicious. Act accordingly.

and it's far from the first time...

It's only stupid if you're stupid enough to think that these people give a fuck about the planet or human life.

There's no corruption in a corrupt system that was literally concocted by enslavers to violently enforce their disgusting privilege. This is just how the system has always worked.

Trump is 100% loyal to this system.

Empire would rather steal the oil directly. But that hasn't been working for a few decades. That's part of why they attacked Iran, murdered those school girls, etc.

killing our guys.

lol. No thanks on the imperial "we". Those are not my guys.

people voted for this fucking muppet, thinking he was going to do something to improve things

The fash version of improving things is attacking minorities, defunding necessary services, invading and robbing other countries, ending democracy, etc.

From that perspective things have improved!

Edit: I apologize I forgot to disclaimer because you people obviously don't understand context. My statement below is not an endorsement or support for either Trump, Putin or any business arrangements that they have. I do not currently support the current American administration and consider Vladimir Putin to be a vile genocidal war criminal that should be prosecuted.

This is a perfect example of how propaganda works.

Take a handful of statements, remove all the context, string them together into a narrative that supports your existing biases, and let people do the rest.

The United States banned Russian oil imports in 2022. America produces more crude oil than any other country on Earth, and Canada is its largest foreign supplier.

But apparently, we're supposed to believe that because Russia supports Iran, and America supposedly buys oil from Russia, America is somehow funding a war against itself.

The problem isn't just the disinformation. It's the people who read this, nod their heads, and upvote it without spending five minutes looking into whether any of it is actually true.

People don't want to investigate information anymore. They want confirmation that what they already believe is correct. If something supports their existing worldview, they accept it without question. If it contradicts their worldview, suddenly they need sources, citations, and a peer-reviewed study.

It's intellectually lazy, and it's exactly how propaganda works.

You don't get to complain about misinformation while enthusiastically spreading it simply because it confirms your own biases.

Edit: Not sure why the downvotes, since the statement in the meme is factually and demonstrably incorrect. However, perhaps some of you are confusing the deal Donald just made with Vlad for diesel fuel.

Diesel is a product of oil refining, but it is not crude oil. They are two completely different products with very different implications.

That said, the fact that this country is doing business with Russia in any way, shape, or form under these circumstances is an absolute betrayal of the American people. Literally anyone else would have been arrested and locked up for decades for this kind of behavior.

It is obvious that Donald Trump is not only a traitor to this country but also to the people of Ukraine.

I think part of the issue is finding credible sources. Who is to say what is credible and what is not credible anymore. The problem is deeper than people being lazy. Two people can research the same thing using sources they believe to be credible and get completely different answers.

Do we go off peer reviewed journals for credibility? Now you can be lazy just based off that. Who funded it, how big was the sample size, were there things in the study that could skew the results such as a lack of control group?

Google, AI social media all have their own agendas they use to skew public opinion. Are books at the library credible? Yeah? How are you so sure. Who published them, what political donations and biased have they had?

The president says things aren't credible while at the same time saying you can't trust the government. Everything contradicts itself if you look enough. So then do we go through a bunch of conflicting data while trying to maintain an unbiased opinion and then at the end decide what is real and what isn't? Are you supposed to trust news agencies in other countries? Now you have to research about those companies to see their history. Have they gotten new leadership anytime soon? All I wanted to know is if the United States is funding a war against itself by buying oil from Russia and it's turned into a rabbit hole with little definitive answers.

So what is the missing context?
Why is the statement wrong?

Because we don't buy our oil from Russia at all.

And when we did it was relatively small amounts.

Since Helsinki 2018, I am no longer surprised by the MAGA fucknuts and their stupid decisions. The Muscovites have Krasnov by his balls. "I know, I know," he does not have any, but what else could I type to describe the f'ed up situation.

If you’re American, and if you pay taxes these are infact your guys.

Good bad or ugly, the American military belongs to the American people via the constitution

So the statement is correct, just not impactful

The entire platform has a habit of going down on anything that perceived to be slightly moderating on the current narrative, even when it's not. But ya, neither does the US buy oil from Russia nor does Russia support Iran in any meaningful sense, for now.

I'm not going to provide a bibliography with my Lemmy comment.

Feel free to verify the sources on your own they're literally one simple search away.