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Why Trump Made a Diesel Deal With Putin

Published by New York Times World By David E. Sanger, Paul Abowd, Nikolay Nikolov, Nour Idriss, Rafaela Balster and Whitney Shefte · 14 October 2026 at 22:01
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Our national security and White House correspondent David E. Sanger breaks down why President Donald Trump struck a deal with President Vladimir V. Putin to import Russian diesel fuel in the coming months, despite having signed recent congressional legislation tightening energy sanctions on Russia.

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