Trump letting Haley take heat despite signing off on sanctions
Source: Politico
Three administration officials say the president signed off on a package of punitive measures but changed course in the wake of Friday's Syria strikes.
By ELIANA JOHNSON
04/17/2018 05:15 PM EDT
President Donald Trump gave approval last week for rolling out airstrikes in Syria as well as new sanctions on Russia, according to three senior administration officials—but U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley wasn’t briefed on changes to the sanctions plan before announcing it Sunday on national television.
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“Russia sanctions were a part of the agreed-upon plan going into the strike and going into the weekend,” said a senior administration official. “As recently as Saturday that was reconfirmed as part of the plan.”
The Republican National Committee distributed talking points on Saturday morning in the wake of Friday’s airstrikes that specifically mentioned new sanctions, though not a specific timeline, according to a copy obtained by POLITICO: “We also intend to impose specific additional sanctions against Russia to respond to Moscow’s ongoing support for the Assad regime, which has enabled the regime’s atrocities against the Syrian people.”................................
The incident is part of a pattern, administration officials say, in which the president has signed off on policy proposals only to change course days, weeks, or months later, undermining some of his closest advisers and Cabinet members and leaving them flat-footed. ........................
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/17/trump-russia-sanctions-syria-strike-529690
I think trump just changed his mind at the last minute---just like he did with the ACA and with DACA!
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“There might have been some momentary confusion,” Kudlow added.
Haley later pushed back against that characterization in a statement: “With all due respect, I don’t get confused.”
