Tiger in the tank in 3 days!
Good!
Of course they do, they are a bunch of tyrannical hypocrites.
They need it cheap because their economies are tanking along with the freedom in their countries.
The US itself has been buying refined oil products that originated from Russia. When the EU cut off Russian gas they started paying 3x-4x more getting gas from the US. Seeing as to how Europe is now totally screwed economically I don’t see how long this arrangement will work out. The Euro’s (UK France Germany) seem to think that they can depose Putin and seize Russian natural resources but Trump unlike Biden doesn’t appear to be going along with that idea.
The war is what EU politicians needed because they are governing fir the benefit of their own countries.
It is old political trick - war over there, look over there, don’t look look at the mess at home.
Replacing discounted Russian-origin oil via India with Saudi or US crude would increase EU annual costs by roughly €4–4.7 billion/year.
This explains why Europe has relied on refined products from India despite sanctions: the price difference is significant.
President Trump finally calling out the hypocritical EU for the elephant in the room: EU financing of Putin’s colonialist war of choice. We’re reaching a climax here, IMO.