🧵 Saga file #30
Trump-Russia diesel deal
Oct 3, 5 PM ET to Oct 24, 7 PM ET
- 13parts so far
- 67outlets carried a part
- 🫏26 · 16 · 21🐘left · center · right
- 21.1 daysrunning so far
- 771 minof TV captions
- 73radio newscasts
- 20people retold it online
🧵 One running story, told across days: each part is a story of its own on the front pages, joined to the others because our tools judged them one case, event or investigation as it developed. A part can be joined wrongly; the saga tracker says how they're made.
- Oct 3, 5 PM ET · on the front pages 19 hoursU.s.-russia talks include oil deal linked to trump allies
- Oct 10, 2 PM ET · on the front pages 1 hourTrump criticizes Ukraine after attack on Russian diesel hub
- Oct 11, 11 AM ET · on the front pages 1 hourTrump claims Ukraine and Russia agreed to energy ceasefire
- Oct 10, 9 AM ET · on the front pages 1.2 daysRussian attacks kill 15 in Ukraine after diesel deal with Trump
- Oct 12, 12 PM ET · on the front pages 8 hoursSenators urge Trump to reverse Russian diesel plan
- Oct 12, 3 PM ET · on the front pages 14 hoursUS threatens to suspend arms shipments to Ukraine over refinery attacks
- Oct 12, 7 PM ET · on the front pages 13 hoursSenator Tillis says trump's Russian diesel deal may be illegal
- Oct 12, 9 AM ET · on the front pages 3 daysRussia continues energy strikes in Ukraine despite Trump's ceasefire claims
- Oct 14, 4 PM ET · on the front pages 17 hoursUk prime minister Burnham pledges support to Zelenskyy
- Oct 14, 6 PM ET · on the front pages 17 hoursZelenskyy says he feels betrayed after Trump’s diesel deal with Russia
- Oct 16, 1 PM ET · on the front pages 17 hoursZelenskyy meets EU leaders as rift with Trump deepens
- Oct 9, 4 PM ET · on the front pages 7.9 daysTrump's Russian diesel deal faces bipartisan backlash
- Oct 23, 10 AM ET · on the front pages 1.4 daysRussian diesel tanker heads to U.S. under Trump-Putin deal
📰 Spread
each part on the front pages, hour by hour
🧩 The parts
each one opens its own page
1. U.s.-russia talks include oil deal linked to trump allies
Oct 3, 5 PM ET · 6 outlets · on the front pages 19 hours
“U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies” first: New York Times
2. Trump criticizes Ukraine after attack on Russian diesel hub
Oct 10, 2 PM ET · 2 outlets · on the front pages 1 hour
“Trump: Time for Ukraine to Get a New President” first: Newsmax, The Gateway Pundit
3. Trump claims Ukraine and Russia agreed to energy ceasefire
Oct 11, 11 AM ET · 5 outlets · on the front pages 1 hour
“Trump Says Russia and Ukraine Agreed to ‘Energy Ceasefire’” first: Bloomberg, CNN, News Nation, Reuters, The Guardian
📺 BBC News 4 min · 📻 1 newscast
4. Russian attacks kill 15 in Ukraine after diesel deal with Trump
Oct 10, 9 AM ET · 10 outlets · on the front pages 1.2 days
“Russian Attacks Kill 7 in Ukraine after Trump Strikes Diesel Deal with Putin” first: Newsmax
📺 BBC News 18 min, CNN 4 min, MSNOW 36 s, Fox News 32 s · 📻 4 newscasts
5. Senators urge Trump to reverse Russian diesel plan
Oct 12, 12 PM ET · 4 outlets · on the front pages 8 hours
“Bipartisan group of senators calls for Trump administration to reverse Russian diesel plan” first: Los Angeles Times
6. US threatens to suspend arms shipments to Ukraine over refinery attacks
Oct 12, 3 PM ET · 6 outlets · on the front pages 14 hours
“US threatens to block arms for Ukraine over attacks on Russian refineries” first: Financial Times
📺 CNN 3 min
7. Senator Tillis says trump's Russian diesel deal may be illegal
Oct 12, 7 PM ET · 7 outlets · on the front pages 13 hours
“Sen. Tillis says he believes Trump’s fuel deal with Russia could be breaking the law” first: NBC News
📺 MSNOW 21 s
8. Russia continues energy strikes in Ukraine despite Trump's ceasefire claims
Oct 12, 9 AM ET · 52 outlets · on the front pages 3 days
“Trump says Russia has agreed to deliver millions in diesel fuel after 'highly successful discussion'” first: Fox Business
📺 BBC News 259 min, CNN 47 min, Fox News 12 min, MSNOW 7 min · 📻 18 newscasts
9. Uk prime minister Burnham pledges support to Zelenskyy
Oct 14, 4 PM ET · 7 outlets · on the front pages 17 hours
“Zelenskiy visits Britain as Burnham pledges fresh support for Ukraine” first: Reuters
📺 BBC News 10 min
10. Zelenskyy says he feels betrayed after Trump’s diesel deal with Russia
Oct 14, 6 PM ET · 3 outlets · on the front pages 17 hours
“Zelenskyy says he feels betrayed after Trump’s diesel deal with Russia” first: NBC News
📺 BBC News 3 min
11. Zelenskyy meets EU leaders as rift with Trump deepens
Oct 16, 1 PM ET · 7 outlets · on the front pages 17 hours
“EU leaders to urge Zelenskyy to rein in criticism of Trump” first: Financial Times
📺 CNN 38 min, BBC News 12 min
12. Trump's Russian diesel deal faces bipartisan backlash
Oct 9, 4 PM ET · 66 outlets · on the front pages 7.9 days
“BREAKING: Trump says Putin will release diesel fuel onto global market amid unprecedented price surge” first: NBC News
📺 CNN 204 min, BBC News 107 min, MSNOW 36 min, Fox News 5 min · 📻 49 newscasts
13. Russian diesel tanker heads to U.S. under Trump-Putin deal
Oct 23, 10 AM ET · 11 outlets · on the front pages 1.4 days
“Russian tanker heads for New York with 40,000 tons of diesel after Trump-Putin deal” first: The Independent
· 📻 1 newscast · 🧶 retold by 20
🧩 How it's been told
the stories under the saga, day by day, from our motif index (✨ new to the saga that day)
- 2026-10-24 Funding the enemy ×1
- 2026-10-19 Funding the enemy ×1
- 2026-10-17 Manchurian candidate ×1 Foreign asset ×1
- 2026-10-15 Manchurian candidate ×1 Foreign asset ×1 Peace in our time ×1 Funding the enemy ×1
- 2026-10-14 ✨ Manchurian candidate ×1 ✨ Foreign asset ×1 Peace in our time ×1
- 2026-10-12 ✨ Peace in our time ×2
- 2026-10-11 ✨ Flip-flopper ×2 ✨ Whose side are you on anyway? ×2 ✨ Trade as a weapon ×1 ✨ Funding the enemy ×1
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it, part by part
- A first tanker of Russian diesel is heading to the U.S. under a deal made by Donald Trump. told by 20 people, on “Russian diesel tanker heads to U.S. under Trump-Putin deal”