Norway made clear that it’ll proceed supplying gasoline for U.S. Navy ships after a personal marine gasoline provider threatened to boycott the U.S. in response to deteriorating U.S.-Ukraine relations.
“We’ve got seen studies elevating issues about assist for U.S. Navy vessels in Norway. This isn’t consistent with the Norwegian authorities’s coverage,” Norway’s Protection Minister Tore Sandvik mentioned in an announcement Sunday, based on a report from Reuters.
The assertion comes after privately held Norwegian gasoline provider Haltbakk Bunkers took to social media Friday and threatened a boycott of the U.S. Navy in response to President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s heated Oval Workplace alternate.
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The U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed plane provider USS Ronald Reagan is seen throughout a replenishment-at-sea with the Navy Sealift Command’s fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson in waters round Okinawa southwest of the Korean peninsula, October 9, 2017. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kenneth Abbate/through Reuters)
“Enormous credit score to the president of Ukraine restraining himself and for maintaining calm although USA placed on a backstabbing TV present. It made us sick… No Gasoline to Individuals!,” the corporate mentioned in a Fb put up that has since been deleted.
The corporate’s CEO, Gunnar Gran, confirmed to the Norwegian newspaper VG that he had determined to not provide the U.S. navy, based on the Reuters report, although the corporate additionally acknowledged that the transfer would solely have a “symbolic” impression, since Haltbakk Bunkers doesn’t have a hard and fast contract with the U.S. authorities.
The corporate’s menace comes after a heated alternate within the Oval Workplace amongst Trump, Zelenskyy and Vice President JD Vance on Friday, when Vance accused the Ukrainian chief of being “disrespectful” to Trump within the White Home.
“Mr. President, with respect, I believe it is disrespectful so that you can come into the Oval Workplace to attempt to litigate this in entrance of the American media,” Vance advised Zelenskyy. “Proper now, you guys are going round and forcing conscripts to the entrance strains, as a result of you might have manpower issues. You need to be thanking the president for bringing it, to deliver it into this nation.”
Vice President JD Vance, proper, speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, as President Donald Trump listens within the Oval Workplace on the White Home, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photograph/ Mystyslav Chernov)
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Trump then joined the fray after Zelenskyy claimed that the U.S. would really feel the warfare “sooner or later,” an argument the American chief didn’t admire.
“You do not know that,” Trump responded. “Do not inform us what we’ll really feel. We’re making an attempt to resolve an issue. Do not inform us what we’ll really feel.”
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as U.S. Vice President JD Vance reacts on the White Home in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025. (Reuters/Brian Snyder/File Photograph)
The alternate induced some to specific issues about not solely the U.S.’s dedication to Ukraine’s continued warfare effort but additionally Trump’s obvious strained relationship with European allies general.
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However Norway, a NATO ally, made clear that the nation has no plans to affix the threats to chop off the U.S. navy.
“American forces will proceed to obtain the availability and assist they require from Norway,” Sandvik mentioned.
