President Donald Trump on Monday defended his deal for Russia to immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel, writing on Truth Social that he “made the right choice for the American People.” But lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are expressing alarm about the president’s latest attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of November’s midterm elections.
“Congress explicitly banned Russian energy imports in 2022 to prevent American dollars from financing Putin’s brutal war against Ukraine,” a bipartisan group of seven senators wrote in a statement Sunday questioning the legality of the U.S. importing Russian fuel. “Congress was clear:
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