It’s just a toll that was factored in before they started when they ran the numbers to see if it would be worth it

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This is trickledown economics V2

Exactly. Bills are being paid and the lights are on. No profit on paper is not the same as you or I being broke and unable to pay utility bills.

I honestly feel like the only reason to do this is so that when Ukraine inevitably and justifiably hits a Russian tanker that happens to be destined for the US is so that Trump can say “fuck Ukraine, they attacked us”. Over like a few hours of fuel supply demand. Ideas planted by Russians into the minds of US leaders under different pretenses - or hell maybe even explicitly. I can’t help but feel like they’re looking for an excuse to be on Russias side.

The quantity, from who should be an adversary in an active war against who should be an ally, is far too low to be meaningful other than for ulterior motives.