the first being budget constraints - the House still hasn’t passed a budget and the DoD is only able to spend money at the same pace as 2023/24, and is already $17 billion in the red. There’s been no 2024/25 budget passed and they haven’t even started on 2025/26 which they should have by now.

Because there’s nowhere to store it on land. So 47’s domestic policies have created a down side for his erstwhile ally. And it’s costing Russia billions. Amazing how ‘good’ intentions can have such wonderfully bad results for your friends.

And the result has been a surprising decline in the price of oil, down into the $65-68 dollar range, a point at which the Russian oil exports are barely breaking even. As they have to discount to most buyers by up to 30% they’re losing money hand over fist but still have to export what they can