Trump makes Russia-friendly moves as he looks for a way to end the war with Ukraine

President Trump's up and down relationship with Russia is back on as he presses to find an end to the war in Ukraine amid high energy costs ahead of the U.S. midterms. Transcript A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Democrats and Republicans are opposed to President Trump's friendlier stance toward Russia.STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Senators from both parties are criticizing Trump's decision to lift diesel sanctions. The president said that move was meant to head off high energy prices ahead of the midterm elections. He's also paused sharing military intelligence with Ukraine. In a moment, we'll discuss all this with former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul. We begin with the news.MARTÍNEZ: NPR's Emily Feng is with us this morning. Emily, so first, run through what President Trump has done to roll back pressure on Russia.EMILY FENG, BYLINE: OK. Here's just a brief list. He's had the Treasury Department lift sanctions on Russian diesel. He's effectively suspended a sanctions bill he just signed into law that was named in honor of the late Senator Lindsey Graham. He said yesterday he was willing to sit down with China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin to talk about the war on Ukraine even if Ukr...