Says whenever he speaks with Putin they are good conversations but don’t go anywhereSays it didn’t feel right to have a meeting with Putin, so he cancelled it
Oil prices rose 3.7% today in their best day since July as the sanctions likely leaked out ahead of time, and then rose further afterwards. WTI was last at $59.38.
Trump separately said the he’s going to stop all payments going to Colombia and that the US may take very serious action against Colombia. That’s notable because Colombia also produces about 750k bpd. I’m assuming that this squeeze on Colombia as the US aims to nudge a regime change away from from Petro. The Presidential election is in May/June but there is a polling blackout now right now.
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Thinks he will talk with Xi about Russian oilThink I’ll make a deal with XiThink I will make a deal on soybeansMay even make a deal on nuclear
This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.