{
  "id": 16749610,
  "title": "With diesel deal, Trump is teaching Reagan’s lesson to a larger class",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/with-diesel-deal-trump-is-teaching-reagans-lesson-to-a-larger-class",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T12:30:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3372171/diesel-deal-trump-teaching-reagans-lesson-larger-class"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In June 1982, Ronald Reagan imposed sanctions to prevent European firms from using American technology to help build a pipeline that would carry Soviet gas to western Europe. He warned that Europe was making itself a hostage to the Kremlin and contributing to the Moscow’s war chest. Then, 18 days before that November’s congressional elections, he offered to sell the Soviet Union up to 23 million…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}