The US Ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, told Fox News that Trump is attempting to manipulate Ukraine, our ally, into stopping attacks on Russian refineries after Trump just formed a new alliance with Russia.

This is sick.

Because of drastic fuel shortages brought on by Trump's disastrous war with Iran, he
announced on Truth Social that he has struck a deal with bloodthirsty Vladimir Putin, the enemy of our ally, to supply the US and global markets.

Fox News host Sandra Smith brought on Waltz for an interview today.

"It was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 tons of diesel to America and the global marketplace," Smith reported. "Is this a good idea, a deal with Russia?"

Waltz gave some double talk about the Strait of Hormuz and lied that California purposefully shut down two refineries.

WALTZ: The president has been clear in asking the Ukrainians to stop and asking, you know, from the perspective of the global economy suffering, it's diesel that powers our tractors, our trucks, our airplanes around the world.

And this is an effort, at least for the next few months, to get more diesel out on the world market.

Waltz wasn't done there.

"He [Trump] is still absolutely determined to drive this war to an end," Waltz said. "So look, for those that will, I think, kind of throw their hands up, the president, his envoys, all of us have been talking to Ukrainians and Russians about stopping attacks on grain, on fertilizer, on diesel, and other commodities that are powering the world economy as part of this war," he said.

Trump is doing everything he can to rescue the sinking chances he will still retain his majority after the midterms, in part because of his unnecessary war with Iran.

Now it includes screwing Ukraine and refueling Putin's war machine,
who destroyed much of their energy production in the process of their vicious invasion.

Trump wants Ukraine to surrender.

Trump is a desperate man.

This is an embarrassing clusterfuck.

On the flip side, Trump can't shake hands, or in this case lick Putin's boots, and lift Congress-approved sanctions on Russia, so this deal is far from being done.

Zelenskyy is not happy with Trump's gift to Putin and responded in kind.

"Gifts to Putin will not bring peace or any benefit to the civilized world. Russia will “repay” the diesel with further terror and perfidy," he wrote, in part. "Allowing Russia to sell petroleum products is an investment in a war that must be ended, not prolonged. What is needed is real de-escalation with Russia on a reciprocal basis."

Peace never comes through weakness. Today, representatives of the US Congress were in Kyiv – a bipartisan delegation – and I am grateful to them for visiting Ukraine at such a difficult time. They asked: what is needed to end the war? The answer must be strong. There must be sanctions under the Lindsey Graham bill, there must be support for Ukraine in protecting lives, and there must be pressure on Russia for its war. And today, there was a conversation between the leaders of America and Russia. A conversation that leads to something different.

Recently, there was a European decision to lift sanctions on Russian oligarchs. Since then, Russian strikes and the torment of people have only increased. This past week alone, there was a brutal Russian missile strike on a residential building in Pryluky, aerial bombs were dropped on Kramatorsk – on ordinary city buses – and there have been constant attacks on Kyiv’s energy infrastructure and on the life-sustaining infrastructure in Dnipro, Kharkiv, Odesa, and our other cities. Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds wounded.

The Russians are compensating for their inability to achieve their objectives on the battlefield with this kind of terror. This year, Russia is weaker on the battlefield than at any other point in the war. That is why Putin is relying on terror. That is why he is relying on attempts to strike backroom deals to secure some form of pressure relief for Russia, in order to buy more time and more opportunities for war.

Any easing of sanctions against Russia without a clear and lasting de-escalation agreement with Russia is an obvious weakness. It plays into Russia’s hands – allowing it to kill more, wage war for longer, have even less respect for America, and inflict even greater losses and damage on the world.

Ukraine is ready to take symmetrical de-escalatory steps, and the American team knows our position. Our strikes on Russian oil refineries and other oil facilities are a response to Russia’s years-long campaign of terror against Ukraine’s energy sector. Ukraine will not set Russian oil refineries on fire if Russia does not destroy our energy infrastructure. This is the kind of agreement we are proposing to America, and we believe the United States has enough power to achieve such a compromise.

Gifts to Putin will not bring peace or any benefit to the civilized world. Russia will “repay” the diesel with further terror and perfidy. Allowing Russia to sell petroleum products is an investment in a war that must be ended, not prolonged. What is needed is real de-escalation with Russia on a reciprocal basis.

We count on America’s fair support for our defense of life, for our defense of people in Ukraine – and on the United States having a correspondingly strong conversation with Russia. A strong one, not a weak one.

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) October 9, 2026