[UPDATE] 12 senators, six from each party, ask Trump to rescind his deal lifting U.S. sanctions on Russian diesel

Twelve senators sent Donald Trump a letter on Tuesday, Oct. 13, demanding he rescind the deal that lifted U.S. sanctions on Russian diesel. They called it "a gift to our adversary and a betrayal of our Allies." The signers. Richard Blumenthal (Sen-D Connecticut) led the letter. The six Republicans are Thom Tillis (Sen-R North Carolina), Susan Collins (Sen-R Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Sen-R Alaska), Mitch McConnell (Sen-R Kentucky), John Cornyn (Sen-R Texas) and Alan Armstrong (Sen-R Oklahoma). The law. Tillis and Lloyd Doggett (Rep-D Texas) say the waiver breaks the 2022 Ending Importation of Russian Oil Act, the law that banned Russian oil imports after the invasion of Ukraine. Doggett sponsored it and says Trump is "directly violating that law." Trump's answer. He now says: "It's not a deal with me. It's a deal for the world. That's not a USA deal." (TS: Treasury's own license lets Russian diesel be imported into the U.S. until April 7, 2027.) The supply. Trump promised 300,000 tons of Russian diesel at once and 500,000 tons in November. Analysts put the best case at less than two weeks of U.S. diesel demand.