larry johnson does his best to show how blessed we are to be ruled over by such a cool guy as the trump, who will now shower us with diesel; 

 

Donald Trump would like you to know that the Strait of Hormuz is in tremendous shape. Possibly the best shape in its history. On September 27, he told reporters that “last night, we took a record amount of oil out of the Hormuz Strait, more than we took out before the war.” Three days later he was back with an even bigger number: “We took more oil out of the Hormuz Strait over the last couple days than at any point in history.” In his telling, the oil is pouring out of the Gulf in quantities that would make the shahs blush.

So here is a question for the White House. If the oil is flowing like never before, why did the President of the United States spend this week threatening America’s closest allies with a diesel embargo unless they emptied their emergency tanks?

That is not a rhetorical flourish. That is what happened. On Thursday, Trump told reporters his administration “may” ask European countries to release their diesel stocks, shortly after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged Europe to tap its reserves “immediately.” Washington had already gone country by country, warning that governments which refused could face a ban on U.S. diesel exports. By Friday, the G7 had agreed to release 100 million barrels over four months, with a frontloaded diesel release in the first 20 days. Trump announced that Europe had agreed to release “a massive amount of their heavily stocked diesel oil.” Mission accomplished, again.............more............