Republicans in Congress push back against Trump’s diesel deal with Putin

Commenting on the deal, Senator John Kennedy (Republican of Louisiana) said he supported the president’s decision but did not approve of “his decision to import it from Putin.” “Vladimir Putin is a butcher. He’s a butcher of his own people. And he’s a butcher of the good people of Ukraine. He will never be our friend. So the president is doing everything he can to get diesel prices down. But you know what’s going to bring diesel prices down? An end to the war in Iran,” the senator added. Senator Lisa Murkowski (Republican of Alaska) likewise said Trump “should be using those authorities [provided under the sanctions law – ed.] instead of allowing Russia to export diesel, rake in revenues, and continue its catastrophic war in Ukraine.