Trump’s Russian diesel deal may be illegal, says prominent Republican senator
Republican US Senator Thom Tillis said on Sunday that President Donald Trump's diesel supply deal with Russia may be illegal and will put American lives at risk. Trump said on Friday that Russia had agreed to supply diesel to global markets, and his administration temporarily lifted US sanctions on Russian fuel that were designed to deprive Moscow of revenue for its war on Ukraine. Tillis, a Republican from North Carolina who is retiring from the Senate at the end of his term in January, said there was a legitimate case for saying the president is not following the law.
Why it matters: The dispute turns on the use of sanctions relief as an instrument of energy supply policy, a central theme of this briefing.