The man in Washington, who has touted his diesel import deal with Moscow as a panacea for soaring energy prices, is, quite frankly, pulling a fast one on millions of American consumers and, crucially, voters in the November Congressional midterm elections. Never mind that the person in question has already earned notoriety for an impeachment (subsequently acquitted) over the sabotage of aid to Ukraine in 2019.

Dubious Claims About Diesel Supplies

One particularly dubious claim in the Russian oil deal, that the immediate release of 300,000 tonnes of diesel—which experts say won’t even cover a day’s domestic needs—will bring costs crashing down, would have been ordinarily dismissed as laughable. Except that the trickster in this instance is the nation’s........

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