Donald Trump announced that he had negotiated the delivery of massive quantities of Russian diesel to the American and global markets, to do so lifting sanctions weighing on Moscow.
Democratic and Republican elected officials questioned, on Sunday October 11, the legality of the agreement between Washington and Moscow on the delivery of Russian diesel.
"Congress has been clear: the United States must not import oil from Russia until Russia ends its aggression against Ukraine and stops making threats against our NATO allies."Asked about this on the Fox News channel on Sunday, Finance Minister Scott Bessent said that the American government intended to"act by relying on all the legal powers available to us."we have.".
“So, know that anyone in Congress who claims (...) that this is forbidden to us is wrong,” he added, stressing that by lowering the price of diesel, Donald Trump was acting in “the interest of the American people”.