Putin promises to send Trump 300,000 tons of diesel in ‘Russia-US cooperation’

Posting on Truth Social, Trump said 300,00 tons of fuel would be released to America and the global marketplace ‘immediately’ (Picture: AFP/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Vladimir Putin has offered Donald Trump 5 million US tons of diesel after a phone call with the US President.

Posting on Truth Social, Trump said 300,00 tons of fuel would be released to America and the global marketplace ‘immediately’.

Another 500,000 tons is set to be released in November, and a further 1 million ‘immediately thereafter’.

A US ton equates to 907kg, while a metric tonne weighs 1,000kg.

Russia is also set to provide 3 million tons ‘within a short period of time’ after the first three batches are released.

It is not known when the fuel will become available to buyers.

Americans and Europeans have been facing rising diesel and petrol costs as the war with Iran disrupts the wholesale transportation of oil.

And as the November midterm elections creep nearer, Trump is looking to appeal to voters desperate to bring their cost-of-living down.

Trump has gone so far as to threaten a restriction on gas exports, which would flood the US with more diesel and bring the prices down for drivers.

But the latest fuel co-operation with Russia ‘will benefit the world’, Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev said.

Trump said: ‘Lower prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers, and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority [sic].’

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