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'A gift to our adversary': Bipartisan group of senators slam Trump's Russian diesel deal

“This deal is a gift to our adversary and a betrayal of our Allies; it should be rescinded,” the senators wrote.

Sources (2)· Oct 13, 5:03 PM to Oct 13, 7:52 PM

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POLITICO· Oct 13, 5:03 PM'A gift to our adversary': Bipartisan group of senators slam Trump's Russian diesel deal
NPR· Oct 13, 7:52 PMBipartisan group of senators call on Trump to rescind Russian diesel deal

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Trump Announced a Diesel Deal With Russia. Four GOP Senators Sent a Letter Decrying It."Congress explicitly banned Russian energy imports in 2022 to prevent American dollars from financing Putin's brutal war against Ukraine," Senators said in a letter.

International Business Times2d agoWhole story →

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Six senators call for Trump administration to 'immediately reverse course' on Russian diesel planA bipartisan group of six senators are calling on President Donald Trump’s administration to “immediately reverse course” on a plan to purchase diesel from Russia as part of an effort to lower high fuel prices. Four Republican senators and two Democratic senators signed onto the statement released Sunday in protesting the deal. They said the…

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution2d agoWhole story →

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Tillis says Trump's Russian diesel deal may be illegalSen. Thom Tillis denounced the president’s latest oil deal with Russia as “tarnishing” Sen. Lindsey Graham’s legacy.

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Since

Bipartisan group of senators call on Trump to rescind Russian diesel dealSix Democratic and six Republican senators wrote a letter calling on President Trump to withdraw from his recent deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

NPR21h agoWhole story →

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