Video taking off 10x its usual first day

Sir Richard Shirreff calls Trump's diesel deal "treacherous"

The former NATO commander tells LBC's Shelagh Fogarty that easing Russian sanctions helps Putin's war effort.

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LBC Story of October 13, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 425,640 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (41,080).

‘Putin must have something on Trump…’

Lower diesel prices are the stated aim. But General Sir Richard Shirreff tells Shelagh Fogarty that Trump's deal with Russia comes at Ukraine's expense.

Their LBC interview reached about 322,000 views in 14 hours, already several times the audience a regular upload usually draws across its entire first day. The comment section was also nearly five times as busy as a usual full first day before that day was over.

Shirreff, a former Deputy Supreme Commander of NATO, calls the deal "treacherous" and describes it as a knee-jerk reaction. He argues that easing sanctions directly helps Russia's war effort, agreeing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's criticism of the announcement.

The discussion also turns to what Shirreff describes as Trump's idolization of Putin. LBC gives that part of the conversation the provocative title "'Putin must have something on Trump…'".

Russia's influence runs through other LBC uploads from the same day. A separate broadcast of Andy Burnham taking questions from MPs drew an unusually large early audience as he addressed Russian interference in the Brexit vote. Andrew Marr's interview with former MI6 chief Sir Richard Moore explored the same question, putting Fogarty's diesel discussion alongside a broader examination of Russia's role in Western politics.

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