Bipartisan Lawmakers Criticize Trump's Diesel Deal with Russia
Seven senators said the plan violates a 2022 ban and would send millions in diesel sales to the Kremlin’s war effort.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump defended his decision to import Russian diesel, writing on Truth Social that he "made the right choice for the American People" despite bipartisan criticism that the arrangement violates federal law.
- The agreement, which Trump unveiled Friday, involves an initial 300,000 tons of diesel; a bipartisan group of seven senators wrote Sunday that the move ignores a 2022 law banning Russian energy imports.
- Former Vice President Mike Pence criticized the deal as a "betrayal" of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, while Rep. Dave Min argued the purchase forces the U.S. to sanction itself.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X Monday that Russian forces continued striking energy infrastructure, questioning the "energy ceasefire" Trump announced alongside the diesel deal.
- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick is planning legislation to block Russian oil purchases, seeking a discharge petition requiring 218 House signatures, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the deal as falling within the administration's legal authorities.
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Trump Defends Russian Diesel Agreement as Bipartisan Senate Opposition Raises Sanctions Concerns
President Donald Trump is defending an agreement to increase Russian diesel supplies despite objections from Republican and Democratic senators who warn that the arrangement could ... The post Trump Defends Russian Diesel Agreement as Bipartisan Senate Opposition Raises Sanctions Concerns first appeared on [your]NEWS.
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U.S. President Donald Trump this Monday defended a diesel deal he signed with Russia, while legislators from both parties complained that it seems to violate legislation banning imports of Russian energy until Moscow puts an end to its aggression against Ukraine. Trump said he is taking steps to reduce high fuel prices, which are endangering the chances of his Republican co-religionists in the mid-term parliamentary elections on November 3.
The agreement with the Russian Federation on the supply of diesel fuel has been criticized by senators in both U.S. parties for the risk of breaking the law.
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