They said: “Congress was clear: the US should not import oil from Russia until it ends its aggression against Ukraine and ceases threats against our Nato Allies.”
Republican Senator Thom Thillis told US outlet NBC News the deal would put American lives at risk.
On Sunday, Wes Streeting told GB News the Government did not support Mr Trump’s diesel deal, and said it was Britain’s responsibility to “try and bring our friends back together” during the diplomatic spat.
He added: “That’s the leadership you can expect from Andy Burnham, from Ed Miliband and I as we seek to do that.”
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said Mr Trump was “wrong to ease sanctions on Russian diesel, wrong to blame President Zelensky for prolonging Putin’s war and wrong to undermine a nation fighting for its right to exist”.
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