The United States is buying Russian energy just weeks after Trump signed a sanctions law against Moscow, weakening Western pressure and eroding support for Ukraine.
The sequence is telling. **Trump** signed a sanctions law against Russia and, barely three weeks later, Washington is lining up to buy energy from Moscow. The result is a contradiction that weakens Western pressure on Russia and erodes support for Ukraine. **Zelensky** called the decision "weak".
## Russia's business at record prices
Russia is raking in millions at a time of record prices. It is also gaining access to the US market after years of sanctions. The gain is not only economic: it is strategic and diplomatic.
That money will help finance the strengthening of Russia's war industry. **Moscow** also gets the United States to contradict itself. Western pressure on Russia is weakening and support for Ukraine is eroding.
## Ukraine, between the NATO promise and the slaughterhouse
The plan attributed to Trump works with interlocking pieces. His European allies buy nothing from Russia and, on top of that, finance Ukraine's war. At the same time, they are required to buy weapons only from the United States to transfer them to Kyiv, whose people are being sent to the slaughterhouse as sacrificial lambs. In exchange for what? For the promise of NATO membership, which will never be honored.
To crown his masterstrokes, he appears before his European partners and confiscates their oil for **100 years**. The outcome: he sits down to negotiate with the Russians, who are not Washington's allies. The little genius's rules are clear: sacrifice for the allies, the business for himself.
## Pilingui, an indispensable player in energy markets
**Pilingui** also profits from business with the United States. Millions in revenue at a time of record prices, access to the US market after years of sanctions, strategic and diplomatic gains. The image he projects is that of an indispensable player in global energy markets.
Meanwhile, Europe is left fleeced. Its allies finance the war, buy weapons from Washington and watch their commercial partners sit down to negotiate with Moscow. The sacrifice is theirs. The business belongs to others.
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