Trump puts the brakes on new Russian sanctions, reversing Haley's announcement
Source: Washington Post
President Trump on Monday put the brakes on a preliminary plan to impose additional economic sanctions on Russia, walking back a Sunday announcement by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley that the Kremlin had swiftly denounced as international economic raiding.
Preparations to punish Russia anew for its support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assads government over the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria caused consternation at the White House. Haley said on CBS News Face the Nation that sanctions on Russian companies behind the equipment related to Assads alleged chemical weapons attack would be announced Monday by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
But as officials in Moscow condemned the planned sanctions as overly punitive, Trump conferred with his national security advisers later Sunday and told them he was upset the sanctions were being officially rolled out because he was not yet comfortable executing them, according to several people familiar with the plan.
Administration officials said the economic sanctions were under serious consideration, along with other measures that could be taken against Russia, but said Trump had not given final authorization to implement them. Administration officials said Monday it was unlikely Trump would approve any additional sanctions without another triggering event by Russia, describing the strategy as being in a holding pattern.
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dmosh42
(2,217 posts)pnwest
(3,266 posts)Russia is holding on Trump. He's scared shitless of Putin! It must be really bad.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)Linked to murder?
Has to be bad, that much is for sure.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)Evangelicals would explain away the moral contradictions against their "values".
TrumpLickers would say they don't care because the Wall.
Progressives would say perverts can watch consenting adult acts if nobody is injured.
But many (most?) Americans would say that it would prove the Steele dossier and be indicative of a lot of blackmail and skulduggery.
Lonestarblue
(9,994 posts)Putin and his buddies have probably supported Trumps lavish lifestyle for years, but Putin does not seem the type to not document every transaction. Domstic and international money laundering is illegal, and Putin can treaten to supply proof against Trump or his kids to U.S. intelligence. Or he might be threatening to stop funding the Trump family lifestyle. Trumps businesses are not doing so well (as in Panama), although he has been making millions from donors and taxpayers. The Kushner family also lives on borrowed money. It probably wouldnt take a lot for their financial house of cards to collapse.
NickB79
(19,243 posts)dchill
(38,497 posts)BAD!!!
Cattledog
(5,914 posts)unblock
(52,236 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)and continue to prop up the ignoble Comrade Casino, republican draft-Dodger-in-Chief.
republicans = Traitors to America
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)the traitor.
But they keep supporting him. They cant be anything but traitors themselves.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Well imagine THAT? Scared yet donald?
Vlad is already PISSED. The sanctions were supposed to be lifted by now and everybody making tons of dirty money.
That's why Putin hooked up with this fool in the first place. I'd be nervous if I were you donald!
Have another bucket of KFC, maybe that'll help settle your nerves! Wash it down with two scoops...
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)MBS
(9,688 posts)pbmus
(12,422 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)democrank
(11,094 posts)might get thrown off a DC balcony.
Upstate One
(83 posts)He is compromised.
kennetha
(3,666 posts)Oh Vlad, has the Orange One by the balls!
BumRushDaShow
(129,025 posts)(at least where I must be reading)
videohead5
(2,172 posts)If Cohen was meeting in Prague with Putin's people than Putin can pretty much end Trumps presidency.the reason he has not already done it is because Pence would be worse than Trump for Putin.
LiberalFighter
(50,930 posts)as well as other Republicans.
SunSeeker
(51,559 posts)iluvtennis
(19,861 posts)Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)Bavorskoami
(118 posts)After delaying for over a year imposing sanctions that the House and Senate overwhelmingly supported, Trump made a half-baked response. Then he recently imposed sanctions on some oligarchs after they had a year to hide their assets. Have the sanctions that he did eventually impose even rise to the level of what Congress was asking for? And how about these sanctions that Haley was talking about. Are these things that would have been imposed a year ago if Trump did what Congress wanted?
riversedge
(70,227 posts)something but not much.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,996 posts)Or something like that
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)and reminded Trump of all the "kompromat" Russia has on him.
Abu Pepe
(637 posts)no puppet
you're the puppet
Future generations will wonder how we (somewhere between a third and a half of us, anyway) were so incredibly fucking stooopid.