# Trump’s Russian diesel gambit is cynical and won’t work

https://mins.news/en/item/96870

- Financial Times, 2026-10-12 16:54 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.ft.com/content/5bc438a0-26b7-4893-9d62-1f45d2963eef?syn-25a6b1a6=1

> Trump risks harming Ukraine in an effort to curb prices driven up by his own war, the article argues.

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