Donald Trump does deal with Russia to release diesel to global market | BBC News

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Donald Trump says he has reached an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin allowing Moscow to "immediately release" large quantities of diesel into the global market. Trump said Putin had agreed to release 300,000 tonnes of diesel immediately, followed by 500,000 tonnes in November and another million after that. "Diesel Prices for Americans and, indeed, the World, will be COMING DOWN, IN RECORD NUMBERS, AND FAST!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. Putin confirmed that Russia was willing to supply both the US and global markets with oil and petroleum products. The announcement is the latest effort from Trump to lower fuel prices in the US, as he has spent months grappling with the political consequences of the Iran war, which began in February, and its impact on global energy prices. That conflict has sent the cost of petrol and, in particular diesel, skyrocketing in America in recent months, which has soured his standing with the public who have been stung by the higher pump

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