Six senators call for Trump administration to ‘immediately reverse course’ on Russian diesel plan
The senators said the plan could violate a 2022 ban and failed to consult Congress.
- On Sunday, a bipartisan group of six senators called for President Donald Trump's administration to "immediately reverse course" on a plan to purchase diesel from Russia.
- President Donald Trump announced Friday he struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to import more than 300,000 tons of diesel, aiming to lower fuel prices.
- The plan violates legislation Congress passed last month with a 15% exception for Russian energy imports; lawmakers argued the United States should not finance Ukraine's war or provide Putin a "financial lifeline."
- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said on NBC's "Meet the Press" there is "a legitimate case" the president violates the law, while Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., defended it on CBS's "Face the Nation" as leverage against Putin.
- Deliveries include 1 million tons "immediately thereafter" and 3 million tons "within a short period of time," though senators say the administration failed to consult Congress or justify the decision as required by statute.
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The law adopted in 2022 "blocks the import of Russian energy resources into the US, which is why Donald Trump "must change his course immediately with regard to his agreement with Vladimir Putin on diesel deliveries. This was declared by a group of senators, including both Republicans and Democrats.
Seven U.S. senators issued a statement on Sunday questioning the legality of the Washington-Moscow agreement on the supply of Russian diesel, despite the U.S. ban since the invasion of Moscow into Ukraine.
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The US President calls for an "energy armistice", but Russia is also attacking targets in Ukraine that night. A group of senators calls on Trump to "immediate" change of course.
Six senators from both the Republican and Democratic parties in the US have called on the Trump administration to "immediately abandon" its plan to buy diesel fuel from Russia.
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