energy information administration america has been ramping up its oil imports from russia for the last 5 years until they finally broke a decade old record and that's despite all the hostility tension harsh rhetoric and even this you know vladimir putin you think is a killer and i do so what price must he pay the price is going to pay well you'll see shortly well you would say trade. above politics but wasn't the us the country that bashed europeans for doing the same thing wanting to buy say gas from russia remember what they said and are still saying about nord stream to the pipeline is a bad idea. bad for bed for europe or bad for the united states ultimately it's in contradiction to the u.s own energy security goals so let me get this straight it's a bad idea when you're a buys russian energy by for the us it's fine washington is just trying to be responsible and protect its weak european allies from russia's political leverage and its malicious energy ambitious by fearlessly grab it themselves and it's not just fossil fuel america still buys rocket engines and pays russia to send