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applegrove

(132,582 posts) Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:10 PM Friday

Bessent's Treasury quietly extended a license allowing Russian oil transactions for another month.

JUST IN: Two days after saying the U.S. would NOT renew sanctions waivers on Russian or Iranian oil, Bessentâ€™s Treasury quietly extended a license allowing Russian oil transactions for another month.
— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2026-04-18T01:06:19.386Z

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Bessent's Treasury quietly extended a license allowing Russian oil transactions for another month. (Original Post) applegrove Friday OP

He must also be a Russian assset vapor2 Friday #1

Who else thinks Bessent is going to face legal consequences for his involvement Baitball Blogger Friday #2

Senate Democrats say Trump "needs to stop letting Putin play him for a fool" LetMyPeopleVote 10 hrs ago #3

Sanctions relief for Russia is extended until May 16, 2026. LetMyPeopleVote 9 hrs ago #4

Sometimes I agree that Putin has something on Trump. Something really bad. Buckeyeblue 5 hrs ago #5

I was thinking today it was probably money Trump got from Russia via shady real estate deals and the like, applegrove 5 hrs ago #6

Makes sense. Trump had lost everything with the bankrupt casinos Buckeyeblue 4 hrs ago #7

And I wondered too if the pee scandal, Trump was applegrove 1 hr ago #8

vapor2

(4,660 posts)

1. He must also be a Russian assset

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:14 PM

Friday

So screw and berate our allies and suck up to Russia. Guess I need to retrieve my Russia dictionary.

Baitball Blogger

(52,487 posts)

2. Who else thinks Bessent is going to face legal consequences for his involvement

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2026, 10:24 PM

Friday

with the Trump crime spree?

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,646 posts)

3. Senate Democrats say Trump "needs to stop letting Putin play him for a fool"

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 07:41 PM

10 hrs ago

Link to tweet

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,646 posts)

4. Sanctions relief for Russia is extended until May 16, 2026.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 07:53 PM

9 hrs ago

Buckeyeblue

(6,385 posts)

5. Sometimes I agree that Putin has something on Trump. Something really bad.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 12:17 AM

5 hrs ago

Other times I wonder if Putin hasn't promised Trump something. It would have to be money. That's all that Trump cares about.

I hope that we find out, so that we can someday make sense of this very chaotic and weird period that we are going through.

applegrove

(132,582 posts)

6. I was thinking today it was probably money Trump got from Russia via shady real estate deals and the like,

Reply to Buckeyeblue (Reply #5)

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 12:33 AM

5 hrs ago

deals that made Russia the master of Trump.

Buckeyeblue

(6,385 posts)

7. Makes sense. Trump had lost everything with the bankrupt casinos

Reply to applegrove (Reply #6)

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 01:13 AM

4 hrs ago

And yet he managed to make his way back. How did that happen?

applegrove

(132,582 posts)

8. And I wondered too if the pee scandal, Trump was

Reply to Buckeyeblue (Reply #7)

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 03:49 AM

1 hr ago

accused of in a Moscow hotel as a reason for why Trump was so compliant to Putin, was not a false rumour Putin send out to Europe to explain away Trump behaviour. That is much less damaging than Trump being the Manchurian Candidate he has been for Putin... sent out to destroy democracy around the world.

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