Trump has consistently parroted Russian propaganda over his own intelligence while in office, and has not stopped since leaving office: https://theweek.com/rus

Trump has consistently parroted Russian propaganda over his own intelligence while in office, and has not stopped since leaving office: https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1010547/fox-news-host-corrects-trump-when-he-says-us-troops-not-russians-landed https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1010547/fox-news-hos... https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/putin-eyes-ukraine-invasion-trump-praises-actions-genius/story?id=83062704 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/putin-eyes-ukraine-invasion-... The oil and gas pumping you mention started under Obama, and responding to an attack on American forces with lethal force is an incredibly low bar. The other state department actions don't change that his administration was vocally pro-Russia.