Allies Answer Trump With Oil They Already Promised While America Drains Its Reserve

U.S. allies answered President Donald Trump’s demand for more emergency oil with barrels they had already promised in March and not yet released.

The Group of Seven (G7) nations pledged Oct. 2 to release 100 million barrels of crude and diesel over four months, Al Jazeera reported. Trump had warned that he could block U.S. diesel exports unless the allies released more fuel, according to Reuters.

But the pledge would finish a release the International Energy Agency (IEA) launched in March rather than add new oil, according to a document seen by Euronews, which reported it Thursday.

The United States is drawing 172 million barrels out of its own Strategic Petroleum Reserve, The National reported. IEA governments still hold about 1.1 billion barrels in public emergency stocks, more than 200 million of them diesel, according to the agency.

The IEA did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

“The United States has taken numerous actions to lower the cost of diesel and gasoline, including reopening the Strait of Hormuz for commercial traffic escorted by the U.S. Navy, encouraging our European partners to release millions of barrels of diesel from their reserves, allowing a wider use of red-dye (tax-free) diesel for American farmers and truckers, adjusting fuel blend requirements to increase U.S. gasoline supplies, and the use of Jones Act waivers,” an Energy Department spokesperson said in a statement to the DCNF.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said in an Oct. 2 post on X that the release, “the majority diesel,” would “deliver tremendous benefits for American farmers, truckers, and builders.”

“Because some members over-delivered, the 100 million barrels in the G7 statement can be covered within the existing action if everyone fulfils their commitments,” the document states, according to Euronews.

The March action covered 400 million barrels, according to the document. About 325 million had been released as of Wednesday, the IEA said in a statement that day.