Trump said Putin agreed to supply diesel to the global market, and OFAC issued a temporary license.
Trump stated that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 tons of diesel to the U.S. and global markets, followed by an additional 500,000 tons in November, with a further 1 million tons to be supplied thereafter. Depending on the situation at Russian refineries, Russia will subsequently deliver another 3 million tons of diesel within a short period. At Trump's direction, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) will promptly issue a temporary general license permitting Russian diesel supplies to enter the global market.
From "a single call elicits a hundred responses" to "desensitization," even Trump can no longer "draw" crude oil candlestick charts.
The crude oil market's sensitivity to Trump's remarks is systematically declining. Once, a single tweet threatening Iran could send oil prices surging by 7% in a single day; today, similar statements hardly stir any reaction. According to Bloomberg's analysis of price trends, as the U.S.-Iran conflict drags on, Trump's comments have significantly lost their influence over the global crude oil market. On April 1 this year, during a televised address, Trump threatened to strike Iran and push it "back to the Stone Age," sending oil prices soaring in early Asian trading and ultimately closing up more than 7%, breaking above $109 per barrel. Yet by October 1, Trump once again warned Iran to "sign a ceasefire"...
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