Trump Waives Russia Sanctions for Diesel Deal, Drawing Criticism From 3 Republicans
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Updated · POLITICO · Oct 17
Trump Waives Russia Sanctions for Diesel Deal, Drawing Criticism From 3 Republicans
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Oct 17
Summary
Three Republican critics of Donald Trump — Sens. Thom Tillis and John Cornyn and Rep. Don Bacon — condemned his Friday waiver of congressionally approved Russia sanctions.
The move followed Trump’s announcement last week of a deal for hundreds of thousands of tons of Russian diesel fuel to reach U.S. and global markets, as he faces pressure to cut energy prices before the midterms.
Those sanctions came from the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act, which Trump signed in September and which gave the White House 30 days to impose or waive steep tariffs on Russian energy and its trading partners.
Bacon said the waiver would prolong Russia’s four-year war in Ukraine rather than end it, sharpening criticism of Trump’s broader shift toward Moscow after promising a quick end to the conflict.