Trump Just Fueled Putin's War Machine: The Diesel Deal That Broke the Law
Three weeks after signing the law that locked Russia's sanctions into place, the President let Putin sell diesel to America anyway. No forty-five days of notice. No written certification. No vote in Congress. Just a phone call, a Treasury permission slip with no price cap, and four point eight million tons of fuel flowing to the country bombing Ukrainian apartment buildings. Senator Schiff said we went from sanctioning Russian oil to buying it in three weeks. Senator Blumenthal called it a stain on our nation's character. Zelensky called it an obvious weakness. They are all right.
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