IOWA SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY IS AMONG THE REPUBLICANS QUESTIONING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DEAL TO BUY LARGE QUANTITIES OF DIESEL FUEL FROM RUSSIA JUST WEEKS AFTER TRUMP SIGNED A BILL INTO LAW ENACTING NEW SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA.
OTHER OPPONENTS OF THE AGREEMENT SAY IT WON’T HAVE AN IMPACT ON NEAR-RECORD HIGH DIESEL PRICES, WHILE IT AMOUNTS TO A GIFT TO RUSSIA, WHICH IS AIDING IRAN IN THE WAR WITH THE U-S.
GRASSLEY SAYS THE DEAL APPEARS TO RUN COUNTER TO THE NEW LAW ON SANCTIONS.
RUSSIA1 OC……..”ON RUSSIA” (2X) :14
THAT LEGISLATION WAS A FINAL LEGACY ITEM HONORING THE LATE SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM, A REPUBLICAN, WHO HAD JUST RETURNED FROM UKRAINE WHEN HE UNEXPECTEDLY DIED IN JULY AT AGE 71.
RUSSIA2 OC……. “I’M VERY PRO-UKRAINE.” :08
UNDER THE AGREEMENT, TRUMP SAYS THE U-S WILL “IMMEDIATELY” BUY 300-THOUSAND TONS OF DIESEL FROM RUSSIA, WITH LARGER PURCHASES PLANNED IN NOVEMBER AND BEYOND.
DIESEL IS AVERAGING SIX-OH-SEVEN A GALLON IN IOWA, ACCORDING TO TRIPLE-A, WHICH IS DOWN FROM THE RECORD OF SIX-31 SET IN LATE SEPTEMBER.
A YEAR AGO, DIESEL WAS AVERAGING LESS THAN THREE-50 A GALLON STATEWIDE.
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