As the newspaper writes, Trump in the last days of “quietly” encouraged Graham – author of the bill on “crushing” sanctions against Russia – for the right to give him the opportunity to withdraw from sanctions Or it did not impose on him the obligation to impose new restrictions, but only gave him such an opportunity.
As a representative of the White House, quoted by “Wall Street Journal”, said The US Constitution entrusts the President to conduct diplomacytherefore “each packet of sanctions must provide the president with full flexibility so that he can continue the implementation of his foreign policy.”
But according to the journal, the main reason for Trump's pressure are fears that sanctions “can harm his purpose to resurrect the relationship between the US and Russia.”
Trump will impose sanctions on Russia if he thinks that the wars cannot be stopped
When asked about the project on Thursday during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump said he had to get acquainted with him, but clearly pointed out that this is a “severe” act And that Congress will be guided by his will in this matter. At the same time, he announced that he would impose additional sanctions on Russia only when he decided that the war cannot be stopped.
The Act by Graham and the Democrat Senator Richard Blimenthal obliges the administration to impose sanctions on entities in the energy and banking sector of Russia, as well as duties of 500 percent. For goods from countries consciously buying oil and other raw materials from Russia. Republican politician publicly said that he would change the provisions of the Act to enable exceptions to penalties for countries providing assistance to Ukrainewhich would exclude European countries still buying Russian pus and gas from his duties.
Graham said on Thursday that he had a good feeling about the chance of the project and said that he was working on him with the White House, Democrats and the Chamber of Representatives, adding that the case “is still moving forward”.
As one of the Democrats Congressmen said, despite Trump's position Some of the Republicans collect signatures under the application to force voting on the Act in the House of Representatives. He assured that the initiative would gain signatures of almost all opposition politicians and part of the Republicans, which should allow to collect more than half of the signatures. A more complicated situation is in the Senate, where the Republican management clearly suggests that the president's directive will be guided.
