Trump Administration Battles New Sanctions on Russia
Source: The Daily Beast
The Trump administration is quietly fighting a new package of sanctions on Russia, The Daily Beast has learned. A Trump State Department official sent a 22-page letter to a top Senate chairman on Tuesday making a wide-ranging case against a new sanctions bill.
Sen. Lindsey Grahamusually a staunch ally of the White Houseintroduced the legislation earlier this year. Its designed to punish Russian individuals and companies over the Kremlins targeting of Ukraine, as well as its 2016 election interference in the U.S., its activities in Syria, and its attacks on dissidents.
Graham said the legislations aggressiveness means it is the sanctions bill from hell, per Yahoo Finance. Trump World, meanwhile, says it is a mess.
The administrations letter says it strongly opposes the bill unless it goes through a ton of changes. It argues the legislation is unnecessary and that it would harm Americas European alliespotentially fracturing transatlantic support for current U.S. sanctions on Russia. The bill risks crippling the global energy, commodities, financial, and other markets, the letter says, and would target almost the entire range of foreign commercial activities with Russia.
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-administration-battles-new-sanctions-on-russia
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Karma13612
(4,554 posts)Poor widdle wussia.
Buddy Twump doesnt want the US picking on his favowit playmate.
Pu-leaze.
Karadeniz
(22,564 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,887 posts)Putting money into Trump was the best investment Putin ever made.
poli-junkie
(1,005 posts)Perseus
(4,341 posts)His daddy is not going to be happy, unless of course this is a trick on all of us.
rpannier
(24,336 posts)When has this maladministration shown any concern for them?
Pathetic
ResistantAmerican17
(3,812 posts)Republican Party lock, stock, and barrel.