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Wright calls Trump's diesel deal a peace incentive. Rubio says Russia would sell anyway.

President Trump's top aides offered sharply different explanations this weekend of his Russian diesel deal amid a barrage of bipartisan criticism calling the move a gift to Russia. Why it matters: Oil , gas and petroleum products help finance Russia's war on Ukraine, and Trump's moves are bringing rifts within the GOP just ahead of midterm elections.…

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Axios· Oct 18, 5:33 PMWright calls Trump's diesel deal a peace incentive. Rubio says Russia would sell anyway.

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