Six senators call for Trump administration to ‘immediately reverse course’ on Russian diesel plan
The senators said the plan could violate U.S. law and would send Russia more than 300,000 tons of diesel.
- 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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Republican and Democratic senators are questioning the legality of the agreement between Washington and Moscow on Russian diesel, saying it violates a law of the US Congress. “President Trump’s decision to allow imports of Russian diesel into the United States directly violates the law,” say six senators, three of whom are from the Democratic Party and three from the Republican Party, referring to the law passed by Congress in 2022 after the Rus…
Trump’s US-Russia diesel deal draws bipartisan criticism
By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russian leader Vladimir Putin is facing bipartisan blowback in the US as lawmakers warn that the Trump administration is defying a federal law meant to crackdown on Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. Seven senators, among them four Republicans, released a statement on Sunday asking the Trump administration to “immediately reverse course” on its plan to supply markets with R…
Republicans, Democrats want Trump to reverse course on Russia diesel | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Republican and Democratic U.S. senators called on President Donald Trump on Sunday to “reverse course” on his diesel supply deal with Russia, saying it runs counter to U.S. law barring imports of energy until Russia ends its aggression against Ukraine.
Senators call on Trump to scrap diesel deal, saying U.S. 'should not provide Putin with a financial lifeline' while Russia kills Ukrainian civilians
“We were very clear that Russia is the aggressor. Russia is the one who can end this war by backing out of territory that they occupied.”
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Yu-mi = Six U.S. senators from both parties opposed President Donald Trump's plan to import Russian diesel fuel, calling for an immediate withdrawal...
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