Even U.S. conservative media rebukes Trump over ‘Russian diesel deal’... “All efforts in vain”

[Financial News] As U.S. President Donald Trump says he has agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin to supply Russian diesel to the U.S. and global markets on a large scale, fierce criticism is mounting across the United States.
Democrats, the opposition party, criticized the deal—which was effectively made in exchange for easing sanctions on Russia—saying, “President Trump, cornered by surging diesel prices, has made a deal with the devil.” Republicans, the ruling party, also continued to criticize him, saying he had “made excessive concessions to President Putin.”
Even the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), a conservative U.S. newspaper, harshly criticized the deal, calling it “an insult to the late former Senator Lindsey Graham.”
Graham, who died suddenly last July, was one of President Trump’s closest allies and a hawk who stressed the need to maintain pressure on Russia. To honor Graham, the U.S. Congress passed a bill last month whose centerpiece was sweeping sanctions against Russia.
The WSJ said, “The world misses Graham, all the more so now that President Trump is standing even more firmly on President Putin’s side. Graham might have been able to persuade President Trump to avoid this kind of moral and strategic mistake.”
The WSJ went on to criticize him, saying, “This strategic shift by President Trump is difficult to understand,” and, “The U.S. has long pressured Europe, India and China not to buy Russian oil, but all those diplomatic efforts have come to nothing.”
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