What the hell is Trump doing with Russian diesel

However, on Friday, this all changed, and Donald Trump agreed with Russia to buy a huge amount of diesel fuel, particularly because the cost of diesel is absolutely soaring at the moment, so he saw it as a way of trying to b-bring down energy prices.

So, US President Donald Trump on Friday said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to a, release Russian diesel to the US and global markets.

The move, which aims to address the rising cost of fuel before the US midterm elections, marks a dramatic turnaround of US policy towards Moscow since the start of the war in Ukraine.

In a post on Trump Social, which we just looked at, he said he made a deal with Putin over the phone and that supposedly it was a, the call was about the suspected plague outbreak.

That's quite interesting.

So, he said that the Russia would immediately supply three hundred thousand tons of diesel, followed by an additional five hundred thousand tons in November, and then up to a million tons immediately thereafter.

He wrote that Russia would deliver the three million tons within a short period of time after that.

The US Treasury Department issued a temporary license that will allow Russian diesel to reach global markets through to April twenty twenty-seven.

Trump's announcement follows the signing of a broad Russian sanctions law last month.

The law is intended to clamp down on Russian energy sectors and other areas that fuel its war against Ukraine.

So what have Russian officials said? Well, a Russian presidential envoy reposted the Treasury Department's announcement on X and said that Russian-US cooperation on the diesel and energy would benefit the world.

The Russian deputy prime minister said that the country was ready to start supplying additional volumes of diesel to the United States and other countries from October.

He also said that Russian exports are expected to rise further in November and December as refineries resume operations after maintenance.

Later, the Kremlin released a statement from Putin saying that during their call, he and Trump had also devoted significant attention to the prospects of resolving the Ukrainian crisis and had discussed the situation around Iran and various aspects of bilateral relations.

So, in reaction, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the agreement, saying that any easing of sanctions without a clear and lasting de-escalation agreement with Russia is an obvious sign of weakness.

He wrote on social media that gifts to Putin will not bring any peace or any benefit to the civilized world, and that Russia will pre-pay the diesel with further terror.

He stressed that allowing s- Russia to sell petroleum products is an investment into its war that must be ended, not prolonged, and what is needed is real de-escalation with Russia on a reciprocal basis.

He added that Ukraine hopes the US will have a strong conversation with Russia, a strong one, not a weak one.