In a season when global fuel supplies are already strained by constrained refining capacity, Russian export bans, and the approaching weight of winter demand, the Trump administration has chosen to buy time through flexibility rather than wait for disruption to arrive. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a ninety-day waiver allowing fuel truck drivers to work sixteen-hour shifts instead of the standard fourteen, effective immediately — a modest but deliberate adjustment meant to keep diesel and gasoline moving through a supply chain that cannot afford to slow down. The measure follow