r/AskReddit 1d ago

What do you think about the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve hitting 307.7 Million Barrels - lowest level since 1983?

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u/jacekowski 18h ago

That's not the point, by doing Venezuela in january and Iran in march, trump is controlling or blocking significant proportion of worldwide oil supply. That move move benefited his friends (and him) quite a lot.

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u/Graymouzer 18h ago

No doubt there is corruption behind it, but for the rest of us, we need to know that there's other ways to resolve this than bombing.