“It turns out the oil being released isn't for us. It's going to India and China.”
According to Reuters, “More than 5 million barrels of oil that were part of a historic US emergency reserves release to lower domestic fuel prices were exported to Europe and Asia last month”
“Cargoes of SPR crude were also headed to the Netherlands and to a Reliance refinery in India,” an industry source told Reuters. “A third cargo headed to china” another source told the outlet.
“We're giving it away to a government whose whole goal is to displace us on the global stage and crush us.” Carlson said and noted, “The Chinese will be cruel masters when they run the world.”
China is already purchasing cheap Russian oil due to the sanctions imposed by the West after Putin's invasion of Ukraine.