On Oct. 9, President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the Trump Treasury Department issued General License 135, authorizing the sale, delivery, and import of Russian diesel through April 7, 2027. The verdict on Trump arrived before the first tanker did.

Bill Clinton told a Florida rally that Trump had finally done what he threatened to do when he first ran: abandon Ukraine and embrace Putin “all over again.” Hillary Clinton called him “a willing Putin puppet” and claimed Putin “has things on Trump.”

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