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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Promotes Diesel Affordability
Published by The White House on October 5, 2026.
The October 5 White House fact sheet. It asserts a negotiated release of 100 million barrels of refined diesel and describes an order allowing off-road dyed diesel on the highway. Neither claim is an allocation or a delivery.
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… <li>The Department of Transportation waived its hours of service rules, allowing truck drivers handling gasoline and diesel shipments to drive additional hours, lowering fuel costs for all Americans.</li> <li>In August 2026, President Trump announced the largest oil deal in world history with Venezuela, securing 65 billion barrels of oil to double America’s oil reserves, increase our oil supply, and lower gas prices for all Americans, long into the future.</li> <li>In October 2026, President Trump successfully negotiated with Europe to release 100 million barrels of refined diesel from its strategic reserves within the next four months. This will increase supply and bring diesel prices down for Americans.</li> </ul> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> </div></main> <div style="height:100px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-group has-light-gray-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3112faa8 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--48-24);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--48-24)"> …
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- The G7's 100 million barrels of emergency oil were already promised in March · cited for The administration's October 5 claim that Europe will release 100 million barrels of refined diesel, and its description of the dyed-diesel order.
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