Kevin Liptak: Trump Defends Deal to Export Russian Diesel as Critics Warn It Could Give Putin an ‘Economic Lifeline’

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LIPTAK: "President Trump is lashing out at the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after President Trump struck a deal with Russian leader Vladimir Putin last week to supply more diesel to the global marketplace. President Trump trying to do what he can to bring down diesel prices three weeks before the midterm election. But critics of the deal say that, one, Russia isn‘t able to provide enough diesel to make a meaningful effect on those prices. And two, that lifting sanctions on Russian diesel will just have the effect of giving Putin an economic lifeline as his war in Ukraine drags on. Now, President Trump, harshly critical of that line of criticism.”