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Six Republican senators call Trump's Russian oil sanctions deal a betrayal of Ukraine

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Their letter says letting Moscow sell diesel freely on world markets harms US security, and it demands the deal be rescinded. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina senator who signed it, told CNN that Putin is "playing President Trump like a fiddle". Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and John Cornyn also signed, while Nebraska congressman Don Bacon called Trump "VERY WEAK on Putin".

By BriefTea Editorial · 20 October 2026 at 9:43

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