U.S. lawmakers have been almost unanimous in backing both tightening sanctions on Russia and taking out of the White House’s hands the ability to lift sanctions. To be put into effect, their efforts now just await the signature of President Donald Trump—the man Russia hoped would drop the sanctions altogether. Can the president still choose to scrap this bill? He certainly has veto power, and his government has suggested he may use it. In fact, his secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, was among the first to make the case, before a key vote on the sanctions bill in June, that the U.S. government needs to go into discussions with Russia and any other government with “flexibility” on matters such as sanctions—something that secretaries of state would be stripped of if White House oversight is replaced by congressional oversight. Read more: How do the Russian sanctions work and who do they affect? Earlier this week, Trump’s new director of communications, Anthony Scaramucci, said Trump could veto the new sanctions not necessarily due to his longstanding admiration of Russian President Vladimir Putin, but because he may think they are not harsh enough. Critics of the administration may point to more cynical motives—namely,… Read full this story
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