“Go Get Your Own Oil,” Trump Tells Starmer
Donald Trump dramatically told Keir Starmer to “go get your own oil” as the US President washed his hands of the Middle East crisis and Europe’s fuel supplies dry up and costs soar. The Mail has more.
The US President said he had done “the hard part” by launching the war on Iran, insisting countries like the UK would have to reopen the blocked Strait of Hormuz.
In a vicious social media post, Trump took aim at the UK specifically and boasted that the US has “plenty” of jet fuel – although it is exposed to global prices. He said European states should buy from America instead.
Britain’s last known shipment of jet fuel from the Middle East is due to arrive within 48 hours amid alarm over shortages within a week.
The consignment on the Libyan-flagged Maetiga vessel is expected to reach the UK from Saudi Arabia on Thursday, according to data providers Kpler and Vortexa.
No other tankers bound for the UK have made it through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has blocked in response to the US-Israeli strikes.
The UK is currently sourcing at least half its jet fuel from the Middle East amid a fall in domestic refining and a halt on Russian imports since the Ukraine invasion in 2022.
The Prime Minister is holding another emergency Cobra meeting today, with Brits starting to feel the impact of the turmoil in their pockets.
Diesel and petrol prices are running at the highest levels since 2022, and projections this morning suggest typical energy bills will increase by £288 in July when the cap next changes.
Food costs could also surge as fertiliser supplies are choked off, and the region is a huge source of aluminium.
Countries such as Australia, Spain and Poland have responded by temporarily cutting fuel duty at the pumps.
However, there is no sign that significant Government support for motorists or households is imminent, despite the Treasury getting a windfall from higher taxes on energy.
Posting on his TruthSocial site, Trump said: “All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you: Number 1, buy from the US, we have plenty, and Number 2, build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT.
“You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the USA won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us.
“Iran has been, essentially, decimated. The hard part is done. Go get your own oil! President DJT.”
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Well, eventually the ship of ideologies and soft responses runs up against the rocks of realism. The fantasy is over. Time to take responsibility for our well-being, border security, military security, food and energy security. Tough love from the Don.
But at least we have all those windmills giving all that cheap electricity.
😂😂😂
We get exactly what we deserve (collectively).
The same people that are telling us that renewables are cheaper and the future is brilliant and wonderful are the exact same people who are spewing venom at Trump for disrupting the oil and gas markets.
He’s helping them fulfil their grand project and they are really mad at him for making oil and gas less available.
But, don’t expect your average voter to see the contradiction. They will turn on the news, receive instructions on how to react, hear the messages they have to learn and will be sent off to repeat the mantras like sheep.
NetZero good.
Trump bad.
Windmills good.
Carbon bad.
Humans cause climate change.
Must stop climate change.
F**king morons everywhere.
If we drive the windmills using solar power we can move the UK to warmer waters .
And Mad Ed Milibrain will tell us that we can then cope with the shortage of jet fuel by using all those windmills and solar panels instead.
Fantastic contribution to the global project from Trump. Choking the supply of essential fuel and goods to the West will further damage the economy, further impoverish the masses, and further the societal conflict. The collapse they’ve planned gets ever closer – 2030 I reckon. All done whilst those suffering from TIGS applaud as they watch their bank balance and pension get decimated. Go Trump!! Go war!!
I suspect the American “West” will do just fine from it. In fairness, he is the leader of America, why should he give a rats arse about us?
It is up to our leader (hahahahaha) to have the cojones to do something worthwhile for the European “West”.
Think of it as a lazy son or daughter who has been happy for Dad to pick up the slack on everything and provide money to indulge you, only if you keep your bedroom tidy. But you didn’t. Its a trash tip and they think that they can just get away with it forever. What damage is being done, is because we haven’t done the simple stuff for ourselves. Don has just shone a light on it.
It isn’t choked for Iran, though. They sell their output at double the price at present to those that are prepared to pay. A cynic might observe that Trump has doubled the $US revenue to the enemy – accidentally, perhaps.
Until President Trump tells them otherwise. No 1 Album in Tehran… Quran Quran
“… further impoverish the masses, and further the societal conflict.”
There is no “further” – we are already at the end point with mass immigration, Net Zero, years of economic stagnation thanks to the EU and sheer incompetent Government.
By the by: 90% of petroleum and gas via Hormuz goes East, not West.
Corrupt and incompetent government.
The Daily Mail article slyly omits these awkward facts:
“The United States is THE MAIN SUPPLIER OF CRUDE OIL AND NATURAL GAS liquids for the United Kingdom. In 2024, some 16.2 million metric tons of crude oil were imported from the U.S. [closely followed by Norway]. Libya and Nigeria rounded out the top four origin countries [but provided only a fraction of that supplied by the US and Norway].”
“As an exporter, the UK SOLD MORE CRUDE OIL TO THE NETHERLANDS than any other country. In 2024, exports to the Benelux country stood at more than 11 million metric tons. This figure also includes crude oil volumes meant for transshipment or in transit to other destinations, like Belgium and Germany.”
UK oil imports by country 2024| Statista
Why are we exporting oil at all?
Because there are different grades of oil which require different refining. We export oil that we cannot refine in the UK and import what our refineries can handle, or import refined product. This is why there is no “global oil price” because prices vary according to crude type and point of supply. ”Sulphur content determines whether crude oil is classed as sweet, low Sulphur, medium sour, or heavy sour, which has a high sulphur content.” Sweet crude ‘cracks’ cleanly, has a higher yield of premium products such as petrol, diesel, jet fuel and naphtha. It is cheaper to refine because it requires less desulphurisation, less energy to refine, lower emissions during processing, is less corrosive, and is easier to transport, as it flows easily through pipelines even in cold climates. Medium sour is usually cheaper than sweet crude, refines into a mixture of middle distillate and heavier fractions, is compatible with most refineries, and there is a relatively stable supply, as many countries export it. Sour crude is significantly cheaper than sweet crude; it produces fuel oil, gasoil and bitumen as well as petrochemical feedstocks for industrial chemicals. It is harder to transport as it is thick and can be… Read more »
A good link. It indicates why it is that a fair bit of diesel is imported from other refineries outside the UK. It also shows that not all of the North Sea crude can be handled in the UK at present.
Our refineries have closed due to Net Zero.
At least one good outcome from this Iran war, crisis, whatever it is.
Another one of those indicators that are revealed to be a load of bullshit, like inflation, like “covid deaths”, like GDP, like global temperature, that are used to mesmerise the lazy and gullible public into thinking that the “people in charge” know what’s going on and are clever enough to manage things.
Wow, thanks for all that interesting information! Are there any countries that have the facilities to process every grade of oil, I wonder?
‘Sulphuric acid is also used…in the production of gypsum for cement and plasterboard…’
will this affect the building of the millions of new houses that Labour promised
for all the illegals they welcome across our borders?The millions of new homes with no infrastructure and no buyers. What a great plan.
45% of our gas Cole’s from UK North Sea fields. If companies were encouraged to extract more, we would be less dependent on LNG and have lower prices.
Sounds good to me. It seems like everything would be better if experts in these fields were allowed to explain things directly to the public, through small local government and public meetings, without London politicians, lawyers and judges interfering…
Or if members of the public could be arsed to think for themselves and read around subjects..
That is unjust. Details such as JXB provided are not something most members of the public would particularly feel they ought to read, because it’s such a specialized scientific subject.
Yes good link. But am I reading it right? I can only see the UAE (not to be confused with the UEA ;)) as a country that would export using Hormuz as a route. All the other countries don’t appear geographically as if they would currently be hindered in exporting crude to UK shores. What am I missing?
Yes, you are right. Others have pointed out that blocking the Strait of Hormuz will mostly affect Oriental countries, which is why Japan made a deal with Iran with such alacrity, while insisting that no “Danegeld” payments were made, though Iran claims to now be charging “Tolls” for allowing ships to pass.
Since we’re dependent on the USA for crude oil and natural gas, it seems to me it is extremely foolish to piss off Trump the way Two-Tier has.
Yes, some say that’s why the king & queen have confirmed their state visit to the US this month, in order to smooth things over and repair the damage Two-Tier has done. Since they will go to Bermuda afterward for another state visit, I wonder whether they will be discussing the bogus “slavery reparations” demands, as Bermuda is a member of the Caricom Grifters Club.
Thank you for the facts.
It’s important for people to know the truth.
Reports on other media, such as Channel 4 News (ITN) indicated that the sources of different types of fuel vary quite a lot, e.g a lot of diesel oil comes in from the Netherlands & Belgium, whereas much more petrol is refined in UK refineries at present. Not obvious why, whether it is due to the type of crude, or just the way the refineries work. Not that there are lots of those now, of course.
While we’re talking about delegating power rather than taking responsibility ourselves, GB News keeps referring to Councils, Social Services and the Police as the people with power (iro grooming gangs enquiry). Whatever happened to the power invested in Parliament and our elected representatives?
Our MPs in Parliament have proven to be untrustworthy, an elitist Uniparty league against the public.
MPs don’t work for us. I wouldn’t trust them to run a bath.
It’s called passing the buck to avoid accountability for their actions / none actions.
Unfortunately, most of those accepting the delegated power have neither skills, knowledge, experience – and often inclination – to manage and resolve issues.
As a result, no one takes responsibility or accountability for their actions…but the beleaguered, downtrodden taxpayers keep paying…
I did hear rumours that the UK has plenty of oil somewhere in the North Sea! just saying!
Get cracking by fracking.
That’s snappy! I’m happy!
He’s not wrong.
Or UK could buy petroleum products and fertiliser as before.
If Iran is “not our war”, why is Ukraine “our war”?
We cut off our petroleum products and fertiliser by joining the Ukraine war, and now cut off our supplies by not joining the Iran war.
If we allowed our own oil, gas and coal to be extracted we could have all the petroleum products and fertiliser we need – and cheaper.
But then we would need people in charge who are not psychopaths.
It may not be our war but it is a much needed wake up call to HMG.
Fortunately for us, we are able to call upon our close ally, Ukraine, for assistance.
‘The experience of unblocking sea trade routes with the help of among other things, sea drones – could this experience help unblock the Strait of Hormuz?…They know that they can count on our expertise in this area, and we spoke in detail about sharing our experience of the Black Sea corridor and how it functions’
We also benefit from the very latest operational updates to our counter drone technology from our friends in Ukraine.
‘Project Octopus…set up in September 2025…supply thousands of drone interceptors to Ukraine per month. Each unit is said to cost less than 10% of the drone it is designed to destroy, while the design itself is updated every six weeks to stay ahead of Russian tactics.’
Iran is getting the latest drones from Russia. We are privileged to receive up to the minute upgrades to allow us to deal with them. Any operation to escort convoys through the Straits of Hormuz will require that assistance.
Is Ed Miliband greasy enough to fill the gap?
The next time Iran fires a missile at the UK can we make sure a) it is targetted at Parliament during PMQs and b) make sure it is not shot down over Turkey like the previous one was.
Do not expect to find mention of a missile heading our way in the Legacy Media.
Why would Iran waste a weapon on the Uk. The Uk is hardly a threat to the Iran. Everyone knows this little skirmish was trump fighting Israel’s war. The big question is why did trump bite? Anyone know?
The Establishment Eco Nutters and all those morons who supported or demonstrated for Just Stop Oil are about to get a taste of what Net Zero and just stop oil will really mean.
They should also remove plastic products from their lives, such as mobile phones.
I wonder how many barrels of oil the HMS Victory can bring back?🙄
I suspect that Starmer is an alien from the planet Zog?