UK and Europe Recoil From Trump's Diesel Deal With Putin
The United States Treasury Department authorized Russian diesel imports, a move critics say supports the Russian war effort by facilitating a 300,000-ton shipment worth $400 million per Reuters.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump announced an agreement for Russia to export 300,000-plus tons of diesel fuel to the United States, calling his discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin "highly successful."
- The Treasury Department issued General License 135 to facilitate transfers and imports of Russian diesel fuel, while Trump claimed the "energy ceasefire" would lower gas prices in the United States by increasing global supplies.
- "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough slammed the plan on Tuesday, arguing the initial 2.2 million barrel shipment is minimal compared to daily U.S. consumption and telling Trump to "stop bowing down" to Putin.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the move as a "gift" to Putin on Monday, as the European Union imposed sanctions on 1,600 individuals and entities and Sweden's foreign minister Maria Malmer Stenergard expressed regret.
- Defending the decision, Trump wrote on Truth Social that he "made the right choice for the American People," despite critics comparing the deal to historical appeasement of tyrants like Hitler in 1937.
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How to react to the agreement between America and Russia on diesel
Trump's deal with Putin in diesel is pushing a wedge into the Western alliance, as reported by CNN.
Just About Everyone Is Mad at Donald Trump for His Diesel Deal with Putin That Won’t End the Ukraine War
European leaders are pushing back on President Trump’s deal to let more Russian diesel onto world markets, and EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to sweeping new sanctions on Russia. Trump insists diesel prices are “coming down, in record numbers, and fast,” and says he “made the right choice for the American People.”
US President Donald Trump's decision to allow the supply of Russian diesel fuel has called into question the unity of the Western sanctions policy towards Russia. Washington took this step at a time when Moscow is intensifying its attacks on the energy and civilian infrastructure of Ukraine. The White House explained this decision by the crisis in the global energy market, which it blames on Kiev for refusing to stop attacks on Russian oil refin…
Washingtons Diesel-Deal mit Moskau und Trumps Äußerungen haben in der Ukraine und Europa Besorgnis ausgelöst. Welche Risiken burgt das aktuelle Vorgehen der
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