{"id":571,"date":"2026-10-10T08:14:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T08:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/?p=571"},"modified":"2026-10-10T08:14:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T08:14:52","slug":"trump-hails-russia-deal-to-release-diesel-as-midterms-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/?p=571","title":{"rendered":"Trump hails Russia deal to release diesel as midterms loom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"945\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bae2ffbd-d56f-4563-ae70-fd0289ffa70f_AFP__20260902__2293243616__v1__MidRes__PresidentTrumpHostsRoseGardenDinnerAtTheWhite-og_image.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bae2ffbd-d56f-4563-ae70-fd0289ffa70f_AFP__20260902__2293243616__v1__MidRes__PresidentTrumpHostsRoseGardenDinnerAtTheWhite-og_image.webp 945w, https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bae2ffbd-d56f-4563-ae70-fd0289ffa70f_AFP__20260902__2293243616__v1__MidRes__PresidentTrumpHostsRoseGardenDinnerAtTheWhite-og_image-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bae2ffbd-d56f-4563-ae70-fd0289ffa70f_AFP__20260902__2293243616__v1__MidRes__PresidentTrumpHostsRoseGardenDinnerAtTheWhite-og_image-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US President Donald Trump said Friday that he had secured Russia&#8217;s agreement for a major release of diesel, as he eased war sanctions on Moscow in a push to lower energy costs ahead of midterm elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moscow has been hit with waves of sanctions by the United States and partners since its 2022 invasion of neighboring Ukraine, and President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized Trump for an &#8220;unworthy&#8221; and &#8220;weak&#8221; move.The deal comes weeks before key US elections where Trump&#8217;s Republican Party risks losing its grip on Congress as voters express frustration over the mounting cost of living.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump said Friday that he had secured Russia&#8217;s agreement for a major&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":573,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions\/573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}