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Trump White House Made Secret Efforts to Remove Russia Sanctions
By Graham Lanktree On 6/2/17 at 6:35 AM
President Donald Trumps administration moved quickly to try and lift economic sanctions on Russia and other punishments former President Barack Obama had put in place as soon as it took office in January, according to multiple sources who have spoken with Yahoo News.
There was serious consideration by the White House to unilaterally rescind the sanctions, according to Dan Fried, who retired in February as Coordinator for Sanctions Policy at the State Department.
Fried told veteran investigative journalist Michael Isikoff, a former national investigative correspondent for NBC News and Newsweek alumnus, that in the early weeks of the administration he got several panicky calls from U.S. officials. They asked: Please, my God, cant you stop this?
The sanctions in question included those imposed by Obama for Russias annexation of Crimea in 2014 and others inflicted late last year to punish Moscow for its suspected efforts to interfere in the 2016 election. The plans Trumps administration considered early on included returning diplomatic compounds seized from Russia in late 2016recent reports say Trump is currently working to put this plan into action.
Lifting the sanctions would have been a win-win for Moscow, according to Tom Malinowski who served as assistant secretary of state for democracy until inauguration day. Malinowski told Yahoo News that he heard the administration was working on a grand bargain with Russia.
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-white-house-secret-efforts-lift-russia-sanctions-putin-619508
spanone
(135,830 posts)our country is under threat.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Trump and the republicans pulled off a coup with his help and we see the results everyday with this traitorous Trump administration.
Trump has weakened NATO, pulled us out of the Paris agreement, freely given up leadership of the free world. And this is just the beginning.
All the things Trump has done so far benefit Putin. Putin can do ANYTHING and Trump will not do a damn thing against him, guaranteed!
Europe is truly on their own as long as Trump and the republican party hold power in America,
xor
(1,204 posts)If Europe feels under threat from both Russia and in some part the US (or at least a lack of support), then it only seems logical that Europe will start to build up their own military that is capable of counter Europe. Maybe a more cohesive and active military wing of the EU.
duncang
(1,907 posts)What country he was trying to make great again. Dipshit should have had his hats say #MRGA
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Dump is really MRGA thats a damn fact!