Kenneth Roth(@KenRoth):Trump would sacrifice Ukraine for his corruption. He has implied that the point of allowing Russia to sell diesel is to lower fuel prices for Americans, trying to deceive voters into thinking that "the cause of high prices is Ukraine and not his own war of choice in Iran." But "the amount of fuel that Russia could export is too small, the impact on pricing too slight." This looks, instead, like an "attempt to force Ukraine to surrender and to save the Russian economy, perhaps in order to finally complete the multiple business deals that the Russians are known to have discussed with American negotiators and others in Trump’s orbit."

2026.10.13 14:28

Trump would sacrifice Ukraine for his corruption. He has implied that the point of allowing Russia to sell diesel is to lower fuel prices for Americans, trying to deceive voters into thinking that "the cause of high prices is Ukraine and not his own war of choice in Iran." But "the amount of fuel that Russia could export is too small, the impact on pricing too slight." This looks, instead, like an "attempt to force Ukraine to surrender and to save the Russian economy, perhaps in order to finally complete the multiple business deals that the Russians are known to have discussed with American negotiators and others in Trump’s orbit."