10/09/2026

Silicon Bites Ep416 | 2026-10-09 | Primarily, he’s working for himself of course. But in serving his own ends, Trump is now overtly helping the enemy to win their genocidal war. After a phone call with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump announces Russia will pump millions of tonnes of diesel into American and global markets. Within minutes, the US Treasury issues a general licence to make it legal. putin asks for sanctions relief — trump delivered. Is there any calculus behind this other than wanton appeasement of a murderous dictator? Does Trump believe that Russia’s miniscule contribution to the flows of diesel onto global markets will have any impact on prices? Because it’s unlikely to do that. What it does do, is use the U.S.’s authority to launder Russian blood diesel and create the optics of rehabilitation for a country that should be a pariah.

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