Norwegian fuel company Haltbakk Bunkers has announced it will cease supplying fuel to U.S. military forces in Norway and American ships docking in Norwegian ports, citing dissatisfaction with recent U.S. policy towards Ukraine.
Good. Some Americans need a little hurt in their lives to understand that this isn’t what they thought it was.
Sucks to suck, but I hope my industry (auto manufacturing) suffers hard enough to wake up my coworkers 🤷
This move is very emotional and plays into Russia’s hands - it drives the wedge between US and Europe even deeper, increasing separation. Is this really a reason to celebrate, either by US or Europe?
Oh no. Now that the abusive step-dad is beating his kids in public, the social services are taking the kids away, driving a wedge between the family. Is this really a reason to celebrate?
The US has always used Europe after WW2 as an extension for its own interests. The alliance was never as mutual as shown to the outside. It is urgent time that the EU and other European countries emancipate themselves from the US and band together to hold against Russia and other global players. This should have been the top priority, when Trump first came to office, but lazyness and naivity prevailed, so that much of the last 8 years went to waste.
The Trump administration does not understand softness. The US has threatened to invade territories under control of an EU country and they have passed sanctions against international courts, that are located in the EU and have been one of the core projects of a rules based international order. An order that the US always defied, mocked and attacked.
Either the EU and other European countries get a grip and emancipate themselves, or they will continue to get beaten up by the abusive power drunk step-dad that is the USA.
Other countries, if you’re out there - follow suit. This flappy gum flexing shit we’re doing has got to stop. It’s gonna hurt, I’m sure. But until we’re neck deep into the “find out” phase, nothing is going to happen.
I’m sure he’s planning on getting it back from Mother Russia.
They’re going to use this as an excuse to buy Russian oil just watch
In that case, the rest of the sane 1st World should sanction the shit out of the USA until Orange Krasnov and his crew of Russian assets are out of office.
Plenty of Europe, if not all, it’s still buying Russian gas, even Spain which has Algerian gas still buys from Russia (a few billions of €), enough for Russia to say Spain is one of the most reliable partners they have.
It’s all a sham, a charade, a fucking joke.
Feels almost unbelievable to hear that there still are people and companies standing up for their values and principles even in the face of losing profits or comfort. I thought that true western values had finally died and we were collapsing but this give a tiny sliver of hope at least.
norway doesn’t really count. they have too much independent wealth to need to play by rules set through bullying and abuse. and a natural solidarity because they don’t need to concern themselves with economical risks or worries.
in other words Norway has “fuck you money”
Kinda nice to see it used for once. Is that how it feels to like a billionaire?
and an uncomfortably short distance from Russia
So what does this teach us? Independent wealth is the end-goal!
So does Switzerland…
Master Negotiator. He’ll get on the phone with these guys and tell them tariffs are coming.
True! Then the company that no longer sells fuel to USA will make less profit when selling fuel to USA! What a punishment!
Murican here. More of this please. We’ve swan-dived into some record setting ‘fuck around’, and desperately need a ‘find out’ that hurts enough to teach a lasting lesson.
You all need to swan dive the fuck out of it if you want this to stop.
The world cannot save you from yourselves. We will isolate you, abandon you, treat you as the untrustworthy former friend that you are. But none of that will matter if you don’t fix your shit.
Right. But for the sake of everyone else, our government needs to be treated like the hostile nation it is.
It’s not an “or” situation. Both need to be happening.
So that all that’s left in America is dipshits and bountiful breeders. That’s a recipe for Idiocracy.
I really agree with this , as a fellow American.
Refuelling in st Petersburg, Russia 🪆…
Good. As an American, I encourage all countries to do things like this.
Fuck it. Start somewhere.
As an American, I hope this continues.
Exactly as Putin wanted.
A united Europe and an isolated America? Perhaps the latter part sure, but people who think what went down at the oval office is what Putin wanted I think are imagining too much. That was off-script, that messes up everyones plans, especially if Trump and/or Vance are indeed Russian assets. Russia very much intended on a terrible deal with Ukraine to be signed with Europe cheerily in step, now there is no deal so the fighting continues and Europe is united with Ukraine as though the war just started. And while I think China will do the smart thing and remain neutral, they could steal the spot of the number one global superpower if they united with Europe against Russia and USA (fat chance but just saying.)
Yeah, the ideal situation for Putin would be for Trump to betray Ukraine in such a way that still pays lip-service to their assumed role as defenders of democracy so that, while Europe might be pissed off, they don’t have quite the impetus they need to overcome the inertia the USA has built up over decades of trade and military alliances and openly oppose them.
Trump has always been Putin’s useful idiot, but we’re seeing the “idiot” part overtake the “useful” part here.
Non EU countries would probably aim to make BRICS stronger
I’m not certain Putin saw that coming. He may make use of it though.
This specific event? No, of course not. An ostracized America? Yes.
America needs ostracizing. I say this as an American.
Good.
Fuck us
Apparently we need the leopards to eat a lot more MAGA faces, fine by me. Better they should have full tummies before they hurt any more trans people.
montana didn’t hear you. https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/the-crime-is-being-trans-montana
Imagine believing in leopards eating faces. That’s one thing.
Now imagine believing that leopards can distinguish people by their preferred branding of the state.
This mind game has been liberal “resistance”.
Imagine thinking metaphors are real
Fuck the US
“From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world.” - Donald Trump, Inauguration Day Jan 20 2025.
So much respect.
Trump is a dictator, dictators think “respect” and “fear” are interchangeable.
Every cop and politician ever.
“Respect my power and I’ll respect your lack thereof.”
Did he really say that?
Well, it didn’t work on me.
Europeans know how to deal with collaborators
