Within 48 hours, Russian diesel will arrive in the U.S.! No Ukrainian president would ever strike a deal with Trump.

A complete hoax and conspiracy—including the negotiations currently underway in Florida. Trump has never altered his pro-Russian stance; he has consistently regarded Ukraine and President Zelenskyy as enemies—not America’s enemies, but his own. The reason is simple: Zelenskyy refuses to do business with Trump, and Ukraine cannot do business with Trump. Just after Trump announced his easing of sanctions on Russia—permitting Russia to sell millions of barrels of diesel to the U.S. and the world—media reports revealed that a 'shadow fleet' tanker carrying $60 million worth of diesel (280,000 barrels) was en route to the United States. The vessel departed from the Port of St. Petersburg on September 22 and is expected to reach the U.S. West Coast within 48 hours. Russia indeed faces rising diesel prices and supply shortages—but even while importing diesel from other countries, the Kremlin continues exporting diesel, simply by making its own citizens bear the hardship. Those familiar with history will readily grasp this: even during the Great Famine, they continued exporting grain—so why not diesel? In other words, the agreement had already been reached before Trump spoke with Putin. The negotiations between U.S. and Ukrainian delegations in Florida are merely a façade—a ruse to lull Ukraine and Europe into complacency. Upon realizing they’d been duped by Trump and his aides Vitkov and Kushner, European delegation members said: 'We were all stunned. We sat there like fools listening to Vitkov and Kushner speak—yet it was he who dragged us all into the Iran war: a hopeless war with no exit—and now he’s betrayed us… solely to secure a brief, illusory reprieve just weeks before the election.' The sole, true purpose of the Florida negotiations for Trump is to continue pressuring Ukraine. According to Axios and other outlets, Vitkov and Kushner warned Ukraine during the talks that if Kyiv persists in ignoring Trump’s demands—and continues striking Russian refineries—the U.S. may halt intelligence sharing with Ukraine, intelligence vital to this war. Trump himself has resumed attacking Zelenskyy and Ukraine, accusing Zelenskyy of ordering strikes on Russian refineries that drove up fuel prices: 'He wants to create a diesel shortage for the whole world—and for our farmers.' Though I myself feel somewhat weary—and perhaps overly repetitive—I must reiterate: the root cause of rising diesel prices and shortages is not Ukraine’s attacks on Russian refineries, but rather Trump’s own 'crying wolf' maneuver. Even Trump knows this: when he first blamed Ukraine’s refinery strikes for soaring diesel prices, he also cited the Middle East conflict—the foolish, botched war he launched and which has since collapsed—as the primary driver. On January 1, Brent crude stood at $62 per barrel. Note: Ukraine had already been striking Russian refineries continuously at that time. By October 5, Brent crude had surged to $102.60 per barrel, and U.S. diesel prices had climbed from $3.80 per gallon before the Middle East conflict to a September peak of $6.529 per gallon. These figures alone make the situation clear. I am not criticizing Trump and Netanyahu for targeting the Ayatollah regime—I am criticizing Trump’s foolish belief that he could replicate his Venezuela gamble in Iran, and his panicked, cowardly retreat when the operation spiraled beyond his expectations—lacking the resolve to see the war through to the complete dismantling of the Ayatollah regime.

Six bipartisan senators urge Trump to step back from the brink.

On Sunday, six bipartisan senators called on Trump to 'immediately reverse course' on his plan to purchase Russian diesel. Trump’s announcement on social media last Friday—claiming he had reached an agreement with Putin to import Russian oil—shocked lawmakers. Four Republican and two Democratic senators signed the protest statement released Sunday. They stressed that the administration had neither consulted Congress nor submitted any legal justification for its decision, as required by law. The senators pointed out that Congress explicitly banned imports of Russian energy in 2022 to prevent U.S. funding of the war. Their joint statement emphasized: 'Congress made clear: the United States shall not import petroleum from Russia until Russia ends its aggression against Ukraine and ceases threatening NATO allies. Trump’s decision to allow Russian diesel imports directly violates this law.' Trump is truly grasping at straws in desperation. Russia itself is facing acute domestic diesel shortages. Even if Putin goes to great lengths to accommodate Trump, the volume of diesel he can supply would be a mere drop in the bucket—utterly insufficient to meaningfully lower U.S. fuel prices.

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President Trump defended lifting sanctions on Russian diesel imports to lower fuel prices, despite bipartisan complaints that the deal violates US law supporting Ukraine. Lawmakers warn it undermines leverage against Moscow, while officials dispute refinery attacks caused price hikes.

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