Donald Trump has suspended sanctions against Russia, just a week after making a deal with Vladimir Putin to stock the US with over 300,000 tons of diesel fuel ahead of the midterm elections.
The President wrote to Congress that the move was in the national interest, undoing legislation he signed just last month and named in honor of the late Senator Lindsey Graham.
The Executive Order, issued late on Friday night, came just two days before a deadline that was set in the law for its own implementation.
Trump announced an agreement to purchase diesel from Russia to try to bring down global energy prices, despite that
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