Wright Defends Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal as Incentive to End 4-Year Ukraine War
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Updated · POLITICO · Oct 18
Wright Defends Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal as Incentive to End 4-Year Ukraine War
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Oct 18
Summary
Chris Wright said Trump’s diesel deal with Russia is meant as a “carrot” to push Moscow to reduce its war in Ukraine, not to bolster the Russian economy.
On ABC’s “This Week,” the energy secretary argued that after four years of conflict, other efforts to bring both sides to the table had failed.
Wright said Trump is still trying to stop the war rather than accept that it cannot be ended, while acknowledging the approach is “a tricky problem.”