After announcing a diesel deal with Putin, Trump says Ukraine should get a new president
Summary
President Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin would 'immediately' release hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel fuel onto the global market, NBC News reported on Friday 9 October, and the Treasury Department is easing restrictions on Russian diesel shipments for six months, with U.S. diesel at $6.23 a gallon, according to Fortune. PBS NewsHour calls the deal a stunning reversal of years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine and an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of the midterm elections, and Fortune noted that it comes just weeks after Trump signed Russia sanctions and that Zelenskyy called it 'a weak decision'. Energy policy experts say the pact is unlikely to make a dent in painfully high prices at the pump, ABC News and Fortune reported, and CNBC noted that Trump has few options to reduce diesel prices given the destruction done to refineries by the wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. ABC News, the LA Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Saturday 10 October that Trump said Ukraine should get a new president, blaming Zelenskyy for high U.S. diesel prices, and Zelenskyy wrote on Saturday that Russia had 'expressed its thanks for the lifting of sanctions on diesel exports by dropping five glide bombs on residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia', according to the Inquirer.
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How it unfolded
Saturday 10 October
Trump said Ukraine should get a new president, blaming Zelenskyy for high U.S. diesel prices, as energy policy experts said the diesel pact with Russia is unlikely to make a dent in prices at the pump.
- 14:36The Philadelphia InquirerAfter deal with Russia, Trump says Ukraine should get a new president, blames Zelensky for U.S. diesel prices
- 14:00ABC NewsTrump says 'I think it's time for Ukraine to get a new president'
- 13:42The Philadelphia InquirerTrump says Ukraine should get a new president as he blames Zelenskyy for US diesel prices
- 12:37LA TimesTrump says Ukraine should get a new president, blaming Zelensky for U.S. diesel prices
- 10:46FortuneRussia’s deal to supply the U.S. with diesel is unlikely to ease pain at the pump, experts say. ‘It’s kind of shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic’
Friday 9 October
Trump said Putin would 'immediately' release hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel fuel onto the global market, as the Treasury Department is easing restrictions on Russian diesel shipments for six months, according to NBC News and Fortune.
- 22:43ABC NewsBoosting US oil supplies with Russian diesel unlikely to have much impact on prices, experts say
- 20:07NBC NewsTrump: Russia will send diesel fuel to the U.S. to bring down prices
- 18:42The Philadelphia InquirerTrump strikes deal with Putin to get diesel in sharp reversal of US policy weeks before midterms
- 18:06PBS NewsHourTrump strikes deal with Putin for Russian diesel in sharp reversal of U.S. policy ahead of midterms
- 17:16FortuneTrump struck a diesel deal with Putin just weeks after signing Russia sanctions. Zelenskyy calls it ‘a weak decision’
- 16:21LA TimesTrump strikes deal with Putin for Russian diesel
- 16:20CNBCTrump strikes deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global markets
- 14:56NBC NewsTrump eases Russia sanctions, says Putin will release diesel amid massive price spike