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5. Trump doesn't want EU nations to get their aviation fuel. The blockade is Putin's revenge for Ukraine destroying their

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:57 PM

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oil revenue.

The Oct 7th attack on Israel was probably orchestrated by Russia through Iran to HAMAS to give the Republicans an excuse to shift focus, funding, and support from Ukraine to Israel (as if they weren't already getting enough).

Now Trump joined Netanyahu to blow through all of our tomahawks (over 850 fired in the first month of attack on Iran) so we can't give them to Ukraine and we can tie up military spending on Iran.

That's why they never gave the tomahawks to Ukraine. Netanyahu visited Trump twice during the 2024 campaign. This war was planned before Trump took office.

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