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... "That's about 10 days to two weeks of supply that the Iranians had been pushing out that would have all gone to China," he said. "In essence, we will be using the Iranian barrels against the Iranians to keep the price down for the next 10 or 14 days as we continue this campaign." ...

Democratic Sen. Andy Kim (N.J.), the ranking member on the Senate Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance, criticized the suggested move on Thursday.

"Trump is actively putting more money into the pockets of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and the Iranian regime, but taking away money from American families with higher gas and grocery prices," he wrote on social platform X, adding, "What an absolute mess." ...