Trump’s Russia diesel deal draws bipartisan and international criticism
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President Donald Trump’s agreement to temporarily ease sanctions on Russian diesel has drawn criticism from US lawmakers and foreign leaders, while winning support from at least one Republican who has frequently clashed with him.
Trump said Russia would immediately supply more than 300,000 tonnes of diesel to US and global markets, followed by 500,000 tonnes in November and another 1 million tonnes within a short period. He said the agreement would quickly lower diesel prices.
Senator Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, said Sunday that the sanctions relief might violate congressional law. He warned that his support for military and year-end funding sought by the administration could depend on the White House reversing course.
Tillis also joined Republican senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and John Curtis and Democratic senators Jeanne Shaheen and Richard Blumenthal in a letter urging an immediate reversal. The senators said the United States should not give Russian President Vladimir Putin a financial lifeline while Russia continues attacking Ukrainian civilians. Republican Representative Don Bacon separately called support for Russia’s war economy “morally wrong.”
Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky backed the move, saying he had opposed Russia sanctions in 2022 because they would raise costs for Americans and was glad Trump had accepted that argument.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the agreement harmed efforts toward peace in Ukraine. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said such a deal was “out of question” for Germany and the European Union, which he said should instead pursue new sanctions on Russia.
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