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Why Trump’s diesel woes are playing right into Moscow’s hands

Faced with record diesel prices and less than two months to go until the midterm elections, Donald Trump has reverted to a default setting in his turbulent and abortive campaign to end the Ukraine war: blaming the victim. His timing could not be worse for Ukraine, or more beneficial to Russia.
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