Trump says Putin agreed to release Russian diesel to markets

Trump announced a deal with Putin to release Russian diesel to the US and global markets, per BBC, CNBC and Gulf News. Diesel prices in the US have reportedly doubled since the war with Iran began in February.

Timeline

1. 9 Oct, 19:32 UTCBBC reports Trump-Putin diesel deal
2. 9 Oct, 19:38 UTCCNBC reports Trump strikes diesel deal
3. 9 Oct, 20:10 UTCReached #1 on TrendHeat
4. 12 Oct, 16:44 UTCFirst appeared on Bluesky
5. 13 Oct, 13:06 UTCPicked up on News
6. 14 Oct, 00:00 UTCPicked up on Mastodon
7. 14 Oct, 20:55 UTCPicked up on Reddit

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