In view of the high fuel prices, the United States had recently been pressuring the European countries more strongly to release their strategic diesel reserves in order to lower prices. The apparent leverage was a possible export ban on diesel from the United States, which U.S. President Donald Trump had previously advocated. The joint statement following the discussion among the seven industrialized nations now said that they intended to refrain from "export restrictions on energy and energy products between the G7 states."
Couldn't they have waited for the export ban first before tapping into the emergency reserves?
How many times has that Trump animal already thrown around threats that ended up being withdrawn anyway? So now the G7 countries are letting themselves be blackmailed by one of their own members?
After the G7 decision to release strategic oil reserves, the U.S. president withdrew his threats against the EU. He said he had never intended to stop diesel exports.
Again: Couldn't they have waited? The strategic reserves will have barely any noticeable effect. It may help briefly, and then what? Oh, right—the midterm elections in the United States may already be over by then ...
Good grief—the Trump animal snaps his fingers and everyone falls in line. That can't be true.
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