Rick Wilson: Trump Beholden to Putin and Oil

If you back up from Planet Earth 50,000 miles and squint a little, what you see is a massive struggle lead by fossil fuel oligarchs, to cling to their power.

There's no more pretense.
The shameful truth is now clear.
By withholding critical Intel and Internet services, and lifting sanctions on Russia to replenish Putin's war machine, @realDonaldTrump & @elonmusk are now fully complicit. They're on Putin's side.…
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) October 14, 2026