Norway has revealed that it will continue to fuel US naval vessels after US fuel suppliers threatened to boycott the US in response to worsening relations between the US and cranes.
According to a Reuters report, Norwegian Defense Minister Torre Sandvik said in a statement on Sunday that Norwegian Defense Minister Torre Sandvik “we have seen reports raising concerns about support for Norwegian US naval vessels.
The statement comes after Norwegian fuel supplier Hartback Bunker went to social media on Friday and threatened a boycott of the US Navy in response to President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Voldy Mie Zelensky's heated, oval office exchange.
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US Navy's future deployed aircraft airline USS Ronald Reagan is seen during a supply with USNS John Erickson, a replenishment oil for military Sealift Command in the southwestern waters of the South Korean Peninsula, October 9, 2017. (via Kenneth Abbert/Reuters, second class of US Navy/Mass Communication Specialist)
“The Ukrainian president restrains himself and keeps his cool despite the US holding backstab TV shows. It made us sick… it didn't fuel Americans!” the company said in a Facebook post.
According to a Reuters report, the company's CEO Gunnar Gran confirmed it had decided not to supply the US military to Norwegian Newspaper VG, but admitted that the move had only “symbolic” effects as Haltbakk Bunkers has no fixed contract with the US government.
The company's threat comes after a fierce exchange in the oval office between Trump, Zelensky, Zelensky and Vice President JD Vance on Friday.
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Right Vice President JD Vance spoke with Ukraine Voldymee Zelensky on Friday, February 28th, 2025, as President Donald Trump listens in the White House oval office in Washington. (AP Photo/MystySlav Chernov)
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Trump then joined the fight after claiming that the US would feel war “in the future.”
“You don't know that,” Trump replied. “You shouldn't tell us what we are trying to feel, you're trying to solve the problem. You shouldn't tell us what we are trying to feel.”
US President Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Voldimia Zelensky as the US Vice President responds to the White House in Washington, DC on February 28, 2025. (Reuters/Brian Snyder/File Photo)
The exchange has resulted in some people expressing concerns about not only the US's commitment to Ukraine's continued war effort, but also about Trump's apparent tensioned relationship with European allies.
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However, NATO's ally Norway has made it clear that there are no plans to take part in the threat to cut off US troops.
“The US military will continue to receive the necessary supply and support from Norway,” Sandvik said.
