# Trump defers diesel tax for truckers as fuel costs bite weeks before US midterms

https://mins.news/en/item/87893

- euronews, 2026-10-06 11:51 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/06/trump-defers-diesel-tax-for-truckers-as-fuel-costs-bite-weeks-before-us-midterms

> US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order delaying tax payments on red-dyed diesel used on public roads. Near-record fuel prices linked to the Iran war are weighing on the Republican Party just weeks before the midterm elections.

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