The First Russian Diesel Shipment Is Under a Day of U.S. Demand. What Did America Pay for It?
A new Treasury license allows Russian diesel to be sold into the United States through April 7, 2027, after a phone call between President Trump and Vladimir Putin. The first announced shipment is 300,000 tons, about 2.25 million barrels. America uses about 3.7 million barrels of diesel a day, so the headline deal covers less than one day of demand. It comes from a country whose own fuel exports are collapsing under Ukrainian drone strikes on its refineries. This week, Mike and Neal ask what the deal is really for.
Mike starts with why diesel hurts so much: Russia and Ukraine are bombing each…
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