Don’t listen to any USians saying “We don’t support it” yeah actually you do. You’ve supported it because you’ve done nothing about it. The world doesn’t give a shit if you don’t feel responsible. If you live there, you’re part of the problem.

The deal was to try to get a bump of approval by artificially and temporarily depressing gas prices right before the election, and a fig leaf to rug-pull intelligence sharing with Ukraine (found out about that today, and am angry at, though unsurprised by, that development).