Bipartisan senators urge Trump to scrap Russia diesel deal — SkimNews
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- Twelve U.S. senators formally called on President Trump to rescind his diesel oil deal with Russia, delivering their appeal on Tuesday.
- Six of the twelve senators are Republicans, breaking with Trump's own party to join Democrats in opposing the energy arrangement.
- The appeal lands days before the Trump administration faces a deadline to decide whether to formally impose new sanctions on Moscow over its war in Ukraine.
- The senators framed the diesel deal as incompatible with the Ukraine policy sanctions package the administration is preparing to decide on.
Why it matters: Six Republicans joining Democrats to publicly oppose a sitting GOP president's Russia energy deal — days before a sanctions decision — narrows Trump's political room to keep the arrangement and pressures the administration toward a harder line on Moscow.
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