<div dir="ltr">Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.<br><br>Trump’s Democracy-for-Diesel Deal Shames Us All<br><br>The president’s arrangement to import Russian diesel fuel is one more example of how he has sold out American democracy.<br><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/opinion/trump-russia-oil-putin.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JFE.RG1M.IVOy9u9vkxq8&smid=em-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/opinion/trump-russia-oil-putin.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JFE.RG1M.IVOy9u9vkxq8&smid=em-share</a></div>