The POTUS can't TACO his way out of the war he started now that the price of oil is spiking upwards, so he's loosening restrictions on Russian oil exports. Couldn't have come at a better time for his pal Putin.

"Mr. Bessent later said that the United States was considering lifting more sanctions on Russian oil. And President Trump on Monday said in a news conference that his administration was “waiving certain oil-related sanctions to reduce prices.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/world/middleeast/iran-war-putin-russia-energy-oil-prices.html