Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Sunday that the United States needs to “stop reacting and start leading,” citing the U.S.’s unwillingness to cut off Russian oil imports.
Haley called it “absolute lunacy” that the U.S. would accept Russian oil imports as the country continues its brutal invasion of Ukraine.
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“We need to stop taking any Russian oil. The idea that we would give our money to an enemy is ‘unthinkable’ and it’s absolute lunacy. We can’t allow this to continue,” Haley said on Fox’s Sunday Morning Futures.
Haley said the U.S. government needs to lead with “strength and deterrence,” which she said “we’re not getting” under the Biden administration.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed Sunday that the U.S. and European partners were weighing banning Russian oil imports.
“We are now in very active discussions with our European partners about banning the import of Russian oil to our countries, while of course, at the same time, maintaining a steady global supply of oil,” Blinken said on NBC’s Meet the Press.
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Meanwhile, gas prices have remained on the rise. On Sunday, the American Automobile Association estimated that the national average was just above $4 a gallon, hovering slightly below the highest national average on record from 2008.
