White House: Trump to sign Russia sanctions bill

[Duppers]

Source: CNN

President Donald Trump has reviewed the final version of Russia sanctions legislation and plans to sign it, the White House announced Friday night.

Trump read early drafts of the bill, negotiated elements of it and "based on its responsiveness to his negotiations, approves the bill and intends to sign it," the White House statement said.

The legislation, which was sent to the White House on Friday, would sanction Russia while sharply limiting Trump's ability to ease penalties against Moscow independently.
Rejecting the bill would have further galvanized resistance against the President and deepened concerns about possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. And Congress would have quickly overturn a veto...




Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/28/politics/white-house-russia-sanctions/index.html

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This is going to be most interesting. Putin's not going to be happy with his "investment."

[still_one]

1. He has no choice. A veto override would make him look even worst

[LonePirate]

6. He could not have signed it and just let it sit on his desk.

Of course with the House being in recess and the Senate being in its ridiculous Pro Forma sessions to keep the lights on, I'm not sure if the bill would become law or if would be subject to a pocket veto. I'm guessing it would amount to a pocket veto due to the House being in recess.

So yeah, he was screwed either way. Damn the luck, you traitorous POS.

[still_one]

11. I didn't appreciate all the intricacies involved there. Thanks

[BumRushDaShow]

16. If he had let it sit, it would have automatically become law

The pocket veto thing generally tends to happen at the end of a calendar year when both chambers adjourn.

At this point of the year, neither chamber is adjourning. The House is in recess and the Senate is still "in session" (since they are doing the gaveling in every 3 days thing - "pro forma" ).

[Hortensis]

18. Right. :) I could have saved myself the trouble of

looking that up, as it turns out. I did like this about Scaramucci, though:

"White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci suggested in a television interview that Trump may veto the bill and be tougher on Russia than Congress."

LOL for the silly bloviating, but this buffoon really does seem to be better than anyone before at channeling the Buffoon-in-Chief.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. Yeah - I keep laughing my ass off at the ignoramuses

that they keep funneling into the West Wing.

But see - every time they keep uttering these types of boastful base-feeding nonsensical "promises" and then they "lose" after discovering that government does not operate like "a business", eventually even their "base" will get tired of it.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

2. But will the Fuhrer-in-Chief INFORCE sanctions on Russia?!?!... highly doubtful.

[JoeOtterbein]

3. I'm thinking Putin told Trumpo to sign it, to take the heat off of what would come if he didn't.

[thesquanderer]

17. No point to veto, there are enough votes to over-ride. Even Putin knows that.

So a veto would be counter-productive. It would feed the flame of Trump seeming beholden to Russia, while actually not providing any benefit to Russia since it would become law anyway. That's actually worst case for Putin.

So yeah, I agree that Putin wants him to sign it, though I doubt it was necessary for Putin to tell him. It's kind of self-evident, and I doubt Trump had any advisers--under Russia's influence or not--suggesting that he not sign it.

[Vogon_Glory]

4. I wonder how Putin will retaliate?

Will we FINALLY get to see the wee-wee video?

[Duppers]

7. Putin always gets even in one way or another.

Trump will never be safe if he signs this bill and enforces it. Never.

Lovely.

[cstanleytech]

9. He already has he ordered the US to cut its embassy personal down

to match the limitations set by the US against Russia and he seized 2 US properties some warehouse and something else I cannot recall what off the top of my head.
Frankly I think we should just close our embassy and order all their diplomats out of the country including those here for the UN and if they want back in then they need to admit their past actions and agree to stop any future assaults on our country and its election process and agree to pay a significant monetary penalty of 100 billion US dollars if they get caught doing it again.

[janx]

5. Riiigghhht...

Trump read early drafts of the bill, negotiated elements of it and "based on its responsiveness to his negotiations, approves the bill and intends to sign it," the White House statement said.

He had no choice.

[hatrack]

8. Pee-Pee TAPE!! Pee-Pee TAPE!! Pee-Pee TAPE!!

[ffr]

12. The kompromat is sure to come. Bend over 45!

[defacto7]

10. He read? How did he do that? Real words?

Are we sure? I'm reticent.... reticent I say.

[Pluvious]

21. They meant to say, it was read TO him...

... In short snippets, by his pretty female aide (wearing a beautiful floral print Summer dress), during the Fox 'n Fiends commercial breaks.

[Gothmog]

13. Putin must have given his puppet permission to sign this bill

[L. Coyote]

14. Can't wait for Putin to leak a lot of intelligence on Trump.

Trump is now the most ineffectual president ever.

[C Moon]

15. He won't sign it. Something will happen with Korea, or something similar...

everyone will be looking that way, and he'll veto it when nobody is watching.
The GOP is a party of traitors. They signed onto this knowing Traitor Trump wouldn't sign it.

[FairWinds]

19. Terrible Legislation and awful so-called journalism by CNN . .

the issue is not just Russia

the bill includes highly questionable sanctions against Iran (NK too),
and one can legitimately ask what purpose the legislation
will serve.

The Drumph is trying to do everything he can to undo the
entire Obama legacy - including blowing up the Iran deal.

At some point, perhaps soon, Europe, China and the rest of the
world will stop going along with endless punitive sanctions.

[Duppers]

22. WaPo: "EVERYTHING" Putin has been putting off in this conflict, he's now going to do!

Last edited Sat Jul 29, 2017, 02:43 PM - Edit history (1)

Russia has promised additional retaliatory measures against the new sanctions once they become law, possibly targeting U.S. commercial or trade interests.

“This is a landmark moment,” said Andrei Kolesnikov, a journalist for the newspaper Kommersant who regularly travels with Putin and has interviewed him extensively over the past 17 years. “His patience has seriously run out, and everything that he’s been putting off in this conflict, he’s now going to do.”

...
Among the areas that could be affected are a United Nations vote on new North Korea sanctions and cooperation in Syria.

...
In Syria, the administration is depending on Russia to restrain its allies — the government of President Bashar al-Assad and Iran — from interfering in the campaign against the Islamic State.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/07/28/trump-intends-to-sign-russia-sanctions-bill-white-house-says-it-would-let-congress-block-him-from-easing-sanctions-on-moscow/?utm_term=.7b65f48e9554


(Hope the WaPo reporting is better for you.)


Anyway, this seems like a stern warning from Putin. He could bring Trump down with blackmail info he has on him but then he'd have to deal with the less pliable Pence.

[FairWinds]

23. In my view the WaPo article is even worse . .

it makes no mention at all of Iran sanctions being part of the bill
(NK as well).

People are paying remarkably little attention to the prospect of
war with Iran.

[Duppers]

24. But they did give it a mention, a mere mention...

"Trump’s aides had given mixed signals about whether the president would sign or veto the Russia legislation, which is packaged with additional sanctions on Iran and North Korea that he supports."

I'm more worried about his doing something stupid with NK.

[Duppers]

25. And the CNN article mentioned Iran and N.K.

Republican lawmakers also pointed to North Korea's latest missile test as yet another reason for Trump to sign the bill, which also includes new sanctions against North Korea and Iran.

Yep, that was very offhandedly tho.

[VermontKevin]

27. I don't think I'm understanding you. The Democrats who voted for this are undoing the

Obama legacy but Rand Paul and Bernie are trying to preserve it?

[Duppers]

28. That and this statement...

"At some point, perhaps soon, Europe, China and the rest of the
world will stop going along with endless punitive sanctions."

I don't think so. Europe hates Putin as much as we Dem do - we voted for them.

The House on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to advance new financial sanctions against key U.S. adversaries and deliver a foreign-policy brushback to President Trump by limiting his ability to waive many of them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-prepares-to-pass-sanctions-bill--and-set-up-veto-dilemma-for-trump/2017/07/25/ece80164-7138-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html?utm_term=.0e5df9ad0a51



Thanks, VK.

[FairWinds]

29. Yes, I'm really wondering why Dems are going along . .

with blowing up one of Obama's signature achievements.

I'm glad that Bernie voted NO

From the NYT (July 18) - "But parties to the agreement also include Britain, China, France, Russia and Germany,
which do not share Mr. Trump’s objections. An American withdrawal would leave the United States
isolated on the issue.

Moreover, the nuclear agreement is monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency of the United
Nations, which has repeatedly found Iran to be in compliance despite Mr. Trump’s assertions that Iran is
not adhering to “the spirit” of the agreement."

[VermontKevin]

30. I'd use Occams razor on this one. The Dems are preserving the Dem legacy.

The Independent and the Libertarian are no so invested.

Otherwise, you are suggesting that every Democrat decided to crap on the Obama legacy. I trust Warren, Franken, Udall and Wyden.

[FairWinds]

31. Germany's actions are entirely predictable . .

And I hope they oppose the Iran sanctions as well.

We oppose the US as international bully.

Veterans For Peace

[world wide wally]

26. Will he show Pootie how pretty his handwriting is or sign it in private?