Three U.S. senators said in a statement that they criticized President Donald Trump’s announcement allowing global purchases of Russian diesel, a month after he signed legislation imposing strict sanctions on countries that buy Russian energy.
Call to stop funding Russia
The statement was signed by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, the senior Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, Jeanne Shaheen, and Senator Elizabeth Warren, the senior member of the Banking Committee.
Enough is enough. More cannot be tolerated. The president must end his war with Iran instead of funding Russia’s war machine
Conflict with the sanctions law
Trump’s announcement came as a surprise to lawmakers, particularly as it followed Congress’s overwhelming approval of legislation that the president signed into law last month, imposing strict sanctions on countries that buy Russian energy, which funds the war against Ukraine.
