密歇根州参议院候选人迈克·罗杰斯（R）周日表示，他对美国与俄罗斯达成柴油出口协议的“形象”感到担忧，并补充说美国不能让俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京“得寸进尺”。罗杰斯在CNN主持人达娜·巴什的《国家联盟》节目中表示，特朗普总统正“试图通过与俄罗斯达成协议来降低柴油价格”。“我确实担心这会带来怎样的形象，但我明白他的动机是什么，他的动机是‘试图让柴油价格回落，柴油正在伤害我们’，”罗杰斯说。
Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers (R) on Sunday said he's worried about the "optics" of the U.S.'s deal with Russia to export diesel and added that the U.S. cannot give Russian President Vladimir Putin "an inch." Rogers told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union" that President Trump is "trying to do something to bring down diesel prices" by striking a deal with Russia. "I do worry about the optics of it, but I understand what his motives are and his motives are, 'Try to get prices back down on diesel, diesel's hurting us,'" Rogers said.
这位前立法者后来表示，他本会投票支持上个月签署成为法律的制裁方案，该方案死后献给已故参议员林赛·格雷厄姆（R-S.C.）。该法律的意图是通过对俄罗斯主要能源购买者及帮助该国规避制裁的实体征收关税，向克里姆林宫施压，以结束其多年对乌克兰的军事行动。“我认为我们不能让普京得寸进尺，我们将拭目以待——如果策略有效，嘿，那很好，因为这意味着我们在美国将为柴油支付更少的费用，”罗杰斯说。
The former lawmaker later said he would have voted for the sanctions package signed into law last month, posthumously dedicated to the late Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.). The law's intent is to put pressure on the Kremlin to end its years-long military operations against Ukraine by imposing tariffs on top Russian energy purchasers and those who help the country evade sanctions. "I don't think we can give Putin an inch, and we'll see –– if the strategy works, hey, good on them, because that means we're going to pay less for diesel in the United States," Rogers said.
这位密歇根州共和党人表示，如果特朗普有“更好的主意”来降低柴油价格，“我会支持的”。“我只是有点怀疑这套方案是否能按政府希望的方式奏效，”他说。“而且我们在这里密歇根州正付出相当沉重的代价。我们必须把这些价格压下来，这就是为什么我呼吁——嘿，是时候结束伊朗冲突了。我们必须解决这个问题。”“我们的初步目标已经实现，”罗杰斯补充道。
The Michigan Republican said if Trump has a "better idea" to lower diesel prices, "I'd be for it." "I'm just a little skeptical that this will work the way that the administration wants it to work," he said. "And we're paying a pretty heavy price here in Michigan. We've got to get these prices down, which is why I call to –– hey, it's time to wrap up the Iran conflict. We've got to get this thing settled." "Our initial objectives have been met," Rogers added. "Let's wrap it up.
“让我们收尾。让我们把这些价格压回去。让人们口袋里多装点钱。”罗杰斯一直是参加中期选举的共和党候选人之一，主张结束冲突以降低油价。他在上个月的一则竞选广告中表示，密歇根家庭“无法等待”战争结束才能看到油价下降。
Let's get these prices back down. Let's get people putting a little more money in their wallets." Rogers has been among the GOP candidates running in the midterm elections to call for the conflict to end to lower gas prices. He said in a campaign ad last month that Michigan families cannot "afford to wait" for the war to end for prices to go down.
周五，特朗普发布了一项行政命令，免除即将生效的对俄罗斯制裁，作为制裁方案的一部分。特朗普表示，他“向国会提交了一份证明，认为此时发布此类豁免符合美国的国家利益。”特朗普称，根据这项柴油交易，俄罗斯将“立即”开始供应30万吨柴油，11月额外供应50万吨，随后“立即 thereafter”供应100万吨。该交易在国会山引发了两党反对，五名共和党议员与民主党同僚一起谴责这一宽免措施。
On Friday, Trump issued an executive order waiving sanctions against Russia set to take effect soon as part of the sanctions package. Trump said he "submitted to the Congress a certification that the issuance of such a waiver at this time is in the national interests of the United States." The diesel deal would have Russia, according to Trump, "immediately" begin supplying 300,000 tons of diesel, an additional 500,000 tons in November and then one million tons "immediately thereafter." The deal elicited bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill, with five Republican lawmakers joining their Democratic colleagues to denounce the relief.
乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基称该交易是对普京的“生日礼物”，并表示周三他感到被特朗普的决定“出卖”。他周六表示，乌克兰愿意谈判以结束冲突，并敦促美国施压俄罗斯，而不是他的国家。“否则，这根本就不公平，”他在社交平台上说道。
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the deal a "birthday gift" to Putin and said Wednesday that he felt "betrayed" by Trump's decision. He said Saturday that Ukraine is open to negotiating for an end to the conflict and urged the U.S. to pressure Russia, not his country. "Otherwise, it’s simply unfair," he said on the social platform