I wonder if this betrays another conflict between Trump and Congress. On a lot of social issues the Republicans probably don't stray too far from the line Trump has set in order to appease his...
The Trump administration’s responses to Mr. Putin’s needling have been uneven. Although Congress gave the State Department $120 million in 2016 to counter Russian hacking efforts, the department has so far spent none of it. And Mr. Trump said this week that he wanted American forces to leave Syria soon, an exit that would benefit Iran, Russia and one of its allies, Mr. Assad.
But the administration has also imposed considerable economic penalties on Russia, with Friday’s action the latest in a string of similar moves.
I wonder if this betrays another conflict between Trump and Congress. On a lot of social issues the Republicans probably don't stray too far from the line Trump has set in order to appease his base, but Russia sanctions are probably just fine with the majority of US voters.
According to the article even people in the Trump administration are divided with Trump on Russia. What I just realized is how compromised the UK government seems to be. AFAIK, the UK has done...
What I just realized is how compromised the UK government seems to be. AFAIK, the UK has done nothing to sanction Russia, and this is happening on English soil ffs. They are in the position to do the most damage to Russian oligarch money, even though some of those same people are being murdered.
Russia's currency fell to a multi-month low against the U.S. dollar, as bond yields rose and stocks tumbled, after the Kommersant newspaper printed the draft of Senate bill that proposed new U.S. sanctions on state-owned banks.
I wonder if this betrays another conflict between Trump and Congress. On a lot of social issues the Republicans probably don't stray too far from the line Trump has set in order to appease his base, but Russia sanctions are probably just fine with the majority of US voters.
According to the article even people in the Trump administration are divided with Trump on Russia.
What I just realized is how compromised the UK government seems to be. AFAIK, the UK has done nothing to sanction Russia, and this is happening on English soil ffs. They are in the position to do the most damage to Russian oligarch money, even though some of those same people are being murdered.
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