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Bipartisan senators urge Trump to rescind Russia diesel deal, calling it a "gift" to Putin
Twelve senators from both parties urged President Trump on Wednesday to rescind Treasury General License No. 135 lifting sanctions on Russia's diesel exports, calling the deal "a gift to our adversary and a betrayal of our Allies," Fox News reported. Signers include Republicans Thom Tillis, Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and John Cornyn and Democrats Richard Blumenthal, Jeanne Shaheen, Dick Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jack Reed and Chris Coons; they argue Russian diesel revenues would finance the war on Ukraine and offer "limited to no relief" to American fuel prices. Trump said Tuesday the diesel is "released into the world" for high global prices, not to the United States, after announcing Friday that Russia would supply hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel to world markets.
- Fox NewsBipartisan senators press Trump to scrap Russia diesel deal