Scott Bessent, appointed Treasury Secretary under Trump in November 2024, surprised many due to his diverse political background. Despite hopes of a calming influence on Trump, his tenure has featured bold and controversial statements. Bessent argued that Europe's planned trade deal with India was essentially helping Russia by buying Indian-refined Russian oil. "Russian oil goes into India, gets refined, and is then bought by Europeans," he told ABC News, suggesting Europe was financing its own war crisis. Experts dismiss this as flawed logic, a classic case of mixing activity with responsibility. When Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in 2022, India imported just 1–2% of its crude oil from Russia. Only after Western sanctions raised prices did India increase purchases, a move U.S. officials quietly accepted to stabilize global prices. Notably, China buys far more Russian oil than India. The EU-India trade deal, in the works since 2007, aims to open a market of 2 billion people. Bessent's criticism overlooks this long process and the economics behind oil trading. Commentators suggest Bessent's political reasoning resembles the humorous but sharp logic errors from the British TV show Yes Minister. The show highlights "political syllogism," where action is taken just because "something must be done," even if it's the wrong step. Bessent could take lessons from such satire to improve his logic. Overall, his comments mix politics, global trade, and energy affairs in a way that confuses the real issues with political theatrics that mark the Trump era.