Trump signs an executive order aimed at lowering diesel prices [SOUND]

# US president Donald Trump has signed an executive order to ease restrictions on the use of a tax-exempt variety of diesel, aimed at bringing down near-record diesel prices. According to the White House, the order will temporarily allow off-road ‘dyed’ diesel for highway use and defer the applicable Federal excise tax. Diesel prices skyrocketed from three-dollars-76-cents a gallon before the Iran war to a record six-dollars-53-cents a gallon in September. Speaking in Nebraska, Trump stated this will help farmers and truckers: