🗞️ Story file #298
Trump announces diesel deal with Russia
Oct 9, 4 PM ET to Oct 9, 5 PM ET · 2 outlets not rated for lean
- 29outlets carried it
- 🫏11 · 6 · 10🐘left · center · right
- 1 houron the front pages
- 29front pages at once, at its peak
- 2 of 2parts of a saga
👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.
- Oct 9, 4 PM ETfirst on a front page: The New Republic
- Oct 9, 5 PM ETpeak: on 29 front pages
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
📡 wire copy: 2 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (Los Angeles Times, Newsmax)
📌 linked by aggregators: Drudge Report Google News Political Wire
💬 quoted: “gift to Putin” “gifts” “not fair and not honest” “Plays into Russia's Hands”
✏️ 6 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- Axios (2 wordings): “Trump announces major diesel deal with Putin, infuriating Ukraine” → “Exclusive: Zelensky tells Axios Trump's diesel deal with Putin "not fair and not honest"”
- BBC (2 wordings): “Trump announces deal with Putin to release Russian diesel” → “Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky criticises 'gift to Putin'”
- Mediaite (2 wordings): “Trump Crows Putin Is Going to Bail Out the US Diesel Market, Weeks After Imposing New Sanctions” → “Zelensky Warns Trump His Diesel Deal with Putin ‘Plays into Russia’s Hands’”
- New York Post (2 wordings): “Trump announces deal with Putin to deliver Russian diesel fuel to the US” → “Gassing up Trump announces deal with Putin to deliver Russian diesel fuel to the US”
- Reuters (2 wordings): “Trump says Russia to immediately supply 300,000 tons of diesel fuel” → “Trump says Russia to supply diesel to US and global market”
- The Hill (2 wordings): “Live updates: Trump makes deal with Putin for diesel; Vance rallies voters in ...” → “Trump teases diesel announcement, big move from Vought”
Every outlet's first headline (29), left to right by AllSides rating
The New Republic
Putin Cons Trump Into Making Massive Oil Deal With Russia Oct 9, 4 PM ET- AP Trump says US to get diesel from Russia, relaxing pressure on Moscow to ease prices before midterms Oct 9, 4 PM ET
Axios
Trump announces major diesel deal with Putin, infuriating Ukraine Oct 9, 4 PM ET
CBS News
Trump announces Russia will release millions of tons of diesel to help with costs Oct 9, 4 PM ET
Los Angeles Times
Trump says U.S. to get diesel from Russia, relaxing pressure on Moscow to ease prices before midterms Oct 9, 5 PM ET
Mediaite
Trump Crows Putin Is Going to Bail Out the US Diesel Market, Weeks After Imposing New Sanctions Oct 9, 4 PM ET
NBC News
BREAKING: Trump says Putin will release diesel fuel onto global market amid unprecedented price surge Oct 9, 3 PM ET
New York Times
Trump Says He Will Import Russian Diesel Fuel Amid High Prices Oct 9, 5 PM ET
The Independent
Trump announces deal with Putin to bring Russian diesel to US to lower costs Oct 9, 4 PM ET
USA Today
Trump says US to import Russian diesel in deal with Putin before midterms Oct 9, 5 PM ET
Yahoo News
Trump announces Russian diesel deal weeks after signing sweeping sanctions law Oct 9, 5 PM ET
BBC
Trump announces deal with Putin to release Russian diesel Oct 9, 4 PM ET- Financial Times Trump agrees deal with Putin for Russia to release diesel Oct 9, 4 PM ET
MarketWatch
Trump taps Russia to boost global diesel supplies ahead of midterms. It may be ‘too little, too late,’ says strategist. Oct 9, 5 PM ET
Reuters
Trump says Russia to immediately supply 300,000 tons of diesel fuel Oct 9, 4 PM ET
Straight Arrow News
Trump says Russia agreed to give diesel fuel to US, global markets Oct 9, 5 PM ET
The Hill
Live updates: Trump makes deal with Putin for diesel; Vance rallies voters in ... Oct 9, 4 PM ET
Just the News
Trump announces Russia will immediately supply US with more than 300k tons of diesel Oct 9, 4 PM ET
The Sun
DON'S MOVE Trump announces huge diesel deal with Putin as Zelensky blasts 'gifts' to Vlad Oct 9, 5 PM ET
Washington Examiner
Trump announces diesel fuel deal with Russia to address prices Oct 9, 4 PM ET
IJR
Trump Says Putin Agreed to Release Diesel Globally Oct 9, 5 PM ET
New York Post
Trump announces deal with Putin to deliver Russian diesel fuel to the US Oct 9, 4 PM ET
Newsmax
Trump Says US to Get Diesel from Russia, Relaxing Pressure on Moscow to Ease Prices before Midterms Oct 9, 5 PM ET
Red State
BREAKING Trump Strikes Russian Diesel Deal to Tackle Soaring Fuel Prices (Updated) Susie Moore Oct 9, 5 PM ET
The Daily Caller
Trump Strikes Diesel Deal With Putin Oct 9, 4 PM ET
The Gateway Pundit
BREAKING: President Trump Announces Major Diesel Agreement with Russia After Latest Phone Call with Vladimir Putin Oct 9, 4 PM ET
Townhall
Trump Just Spoke With Putin – and There's a Big Diesel Update Oct 9, 4 PM ET
Punchbowl News
Vault: Trump and Putin hatch diesel deal Vault Finance + Economy Oct 9, 5 PM ET
The Washington Sun
Trump Says He Struck a Diesel Deal With Putin to Lower Fuel Prices Oct 9, 5 PM ET
📡 Broadcast
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🧶 Retelling
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🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.
🗣️ names in it: Russia Donald Trump Ukraine Putin
🔎 Checking
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🧵 Persistence
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🧵 Trump-Russia diesel deal
U.s.-russia talks include oil deal linked to trump allies
Oct 3, 5 PM ET
Trump announces diesel deal with Russia (this story)
Oct 9, 4 PM ET