Official: Trump 'looking at' future of US sanctions on Russia

[applegrove]

BY MAX GREENWOOD - The Hill

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/335244-official-trump-looking-at-future-of-us-sanctions-on-russia

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President Trump is weighing changes to U.S. sanctions against Russia, National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn said Wednesday.

"I think the president is looking at it," Cohn told reporters aboard Air Force One when asked about the president's position on Russian sanctions. "Right now, we don’t have a position."

Trump arrived in Sicily on Thursday, where he will attend a Group of Seven summit. Cohn said Russia is likely to be a topic of discussion at the meeting. Cohn also said that Russian sanctions came up earlier in the day, while Trump was in Brussels meeting with NATO leaders.

Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said his panel could take up an effort to slap new sanctions on Russia over the country's efforts to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.


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[Barack_America]

1. Ha ha, I'm sure he is. $$$$$$

Time to cash out before his ass is out.

[Sugar Smack]

2. "I think the president is looking at it,"

"Right now, we don’t have a position."

Yeah, we know.

[Leghorn21]

3. Well, since he pretty much can't "read", I imagine "looking at" sanctions is about

the best he can do, eh?

[Best_man23]

4. Not going to happen

There would be far too much collateral damage that would come with if Rs dropped the sanctions.

[applegrove]

5. GOP are quite enjoying their new found oligarchist authoritarian

coalition. They feel like they belong with Russian helping republicans. McConnell looks like the cat that swallowed the canary. They might go there to have powerful friends who have their backs.