Trump faces stiff bipartisan pushback to Russian diesel import deal

Washington Post: Seven senators on the Foreign Relations Committee, four Republicans and three Democrats, released a statement arguing that the agreement violates a 2022 law that bans Russian energy imports “to prevent American dollars from financing Putin’s brutal war against Ukraine,” which began in February that year.

“President Trump’s decision to allow Russian diesel imports to the U.S. runs directly counter to that law,” they said. “The United States should not provide Putin with a financial lifeline while Russia continues to kill Ukrainian civilians. The Administration must immediately reverse course.”…

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