This is pure humbug.

Indian importers of Russian oil and refining it were leveraging market conditions.

They were not using political power to force any country to buy their refined products.

Since when is America against companies making profits?

Trump was against the Nord Stream 2 and wanted Europe to buy much higher priced American LNG produced by big US companies and make big profits.

Bessent should disclose the volume of these profits. US LNG exports to Europe doubled in 2024 since 2021.

Trump has in his framework tariff agreement bludgeoned Europe into agreeing to buy $ 750 b of US energy in the next 3 years .

Bessent’s posturing is astonishing.