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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: weatherman   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Trump the God deputized Modi
Date: 02/11/26 7:43 PM
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as mentioned before, if india truly believed highly discounted russian oil was not durable, then might as well get it free until its gone.
( i do not rule out that putin may give trump a stern phone call that changes things)
china a bit trickier , given its exports to russia are where its profits are at a premium.

on a somewhat related note, india seems the country most ambitious to straddle the america\china polarization of trade, and i believe they will have\use\increase their gold reserve massively towards this ambition.
india will increase their naval power for one reason only, which is to have strategic leverage over china via a blockade (as needed) of middle east fossil fuel. as such, they could also extract huge favors from america in case of a china blockade of taiwan.

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