WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS/PARIS, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has told Germany and France to draw down emergency diesel inventories to help ease soaring global fuel prices or face a potential US diesel export ban, according to three people close to the discussions.
The warning marks an escalation in pressure on Europe as US President Donald Trump considers a potential ban to help bring down US fuel prices ahead of November’s midterm elections.
Wait, what?
So Donnie’s threat is basically: help me win the elections at your expense, so you can suffer through two more years of this shit, or else I’m going to seriously screw myself over?
Can’t wait for him to pull even more oil from the global market and have prices soar to 200 dollars per barrel, just before Americans hit the voting booth.