President Donald Trump on Friday abruptly backed away from a controversial plan to ban U.S. diesel exports that had been floated as a way to drive down fuel prices ahead of the midterm elections.“We’re not going to be doing the export ban,” Trump told reporters outside the White House before departing for a campaign stop in Oklahoma.Trump had publicly backed banning U.S. diesel exports just last week as his administration weighed the move amid high fuel prices ahead of the midterm elections.But when a reporter asked Trump directly Friday whether the export ban was officially off the table, the president suggested it was never really on the table.“We were never going to do it,” Trump said. “I don’t think we are.”Trump credited Europe with changing the equation, saying the country “did a great thing” by putting more diesel into the market.“But basically Europe was great,” he continued. “Because they’re putting a lot of diesel oil out there. They have diesel; they use diesel disproportionately more than most.”Trump added that the United States has “a good relationship with Europe.”

US President Donald Trump speaks with media before boarding Marine One as he departs for Mobile, Alabama, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., US, October 2, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
President Donald Trump on Friday abruptly backed away from a controversial plan to ban U.S. diesel exports that had been floated as a way to drive down fuel prices ahead of the midterm elections.
“We’re not going to be doing the export ban,” Trump told reporters outside the White House before departing for a campaign stop in Oklahoma.
Trump had publicly backed banning U.S. diesel exports just last week as his administration weighed the move amid high fuel prices ahead of the midterm elections.
But when a reporter asked Trump directly Friday whether the export ban was officially off the table, the president suggested it was never really on the table.
“We were never going to do it,” Trump said. “I don’t think we are.”
Trump credited Europe with changing the equation, saying the country “did a great thing” by putting more diesel into the market.
“But basically Europe was great,” he continued. “Because they’re putting a lot of diesel oil out there. They have diesel; they use diesel disproportionately more than most.”
Trump added that the United States has “a good relationship with Europe.”
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| # | Наименование новости | Тональность | Информативность | Дата публикации |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trump ‘very seriously’ mulling diesel export ban | 0 | 8.48 | 28-09-2026 |
| 2 | Трамп отказался от идеи запретить экспорт дизельного топлива | 0 | 7.35 | 02-10-2026 |
| 3 | Трамп заявил об отказе от планов запретить экспорт дизтоплива | 0 | 3.99 | 03-10-2026 |
| 4 | Politico: Трамп допустил введение запрета на экспорт дизельного топлива | 0 | 7.37 | 01-10-2026 |
| 5 | Bloomberg: Трамп усомнился в необходимости запрета на экспорт дизеля | 0 | 6.06 | 01-10-2026 |
| 6 | Politico: Чиновники ЕС сомневаются, что Трамп запретит экспорт дизеля | 0 | 7.2 | 29-09-2026 |
| 7 | European Commission asks United States not to ban diesel supplies to Europe | 0 | 7.66 | 29-09-2026 |
| 8 | Trump’s Diesel Export Dilemma: Can a Ban Lower Prices Without Deepening the Fuel Crunch? | 0 | 4.59 | 23-09-2026 |
| 9 | Трамп допустил запрет на экспорт дизельного топлива из США | 0 | 6.57 | 30-09-2026 |
| 10 | Trump is testing major election plot so 'when he pulls the trigger, it's done': DC insider | 0 | 11.32 | 02-10-2026 |