- President Donald Trump is willing to sign a sweeping Russia sanctions bill targeting nations that buy Russian oil, gas and uranium, but only if he retains full control over how and when sanctions are applied.
- The White House is pushing to remove congressional oversight from the bill, arguing that the president’s foreign policy decisions shouldn’t be subject to legislative “micromanagement.”
- Sen. Lindsey Graham, who introduced the legislation, has agreed to allow a second 180-day waiver in the bill, but with congressional review, a provision Trump’s team wants to eliminate entirely.
- Trump’s shift toward supporting the bill is driven by personal frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he believes has disrespected his efforts to broker peace in Ukraine.
- Trump’s insistence on unchecked authority could undercut bipartisan support for the bill and trigger a broader clash over the separation of powers in U.S. foreign policy.
(Natural News)—President Donald Trump is prepared to sign sweeping legislation that would cripple Russia’s global trade, provided he retains full authority over how the sanctions are applied.
According to a senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, Trump is “conceptually open” to the bill, introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). The legislation seeks to impose crippling economic penalties on countries that continue to purchase Russian oil, gas, uranium and other goods, including a striking 500 percent tariff.
However, Trump’s team is pushing for changes that would ensure the White House maintains unilateral authority over when and how those penalties are enforced.
“The current version would subject the president’s foreign policy decisions to micromanagement by Congress through a joint resolution of disapproval process. … That’s a nonstarter for us,” said the official. “The administration is not going to be micromanaged by Congress on the president’s foreign policy. The bill needs a waiver authority that is complete.”
Under the current draft, the president would be allowed to waive the tariffs for up to 180 days. After discussions with the White House, Graham said on Tuesday, July 8, that he’s agreed to amend the bill to allow a second 180-day waiver, though that second waiver would require congressional oversight.
Trump’s team, however, is pushing for even broader waiver powers.
In essence, the changes would enable Trump to lift or withhold sanctions without any formal check from Congress – a dramatic shift that could undercut the bill’s bipartisan appeal and potentially trigger a showdown over the balance of power in U.S. foreign policy.
Trump’s frustration with Putin fuels shift on Russia sanctions bill
Trump is showing a new willingness to work with Congress on the bill due to his growing personal frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the stalled efforts to end the war in Ukraine.
After long resisting congressional pressure to take a harder line, Trump now appears to be leaning into a sanctions push that has gained traction among Republicans on Capitol Hill. Behind the change, insiders said, is a deepening sense of betrayal and embarrassment over Putin’s refusal to engage seriously in peace talks.
“For the president now, he has invested his own reputation of being able to negotiate anything anywhere, and Putin has made him look foolish,” said one Republican operative close to the White House. (Related: More Russian sanction = World War III.)
Trump himself did not mince words this week. “Putin is throwing a lot of bullshit at me,” he told reporters Tuesday, adding that he was “looking very strongly” at supporting the Russia sanctions bill.
But Trump has also insisted that any new sanctions must come with broad waiver authority that leaves ultimate enforcement up to him.
Visit Trump.news for more stories like this. Watch this clip from “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Fox News as host Tucker Carlson discusses how anti-Russian sanctions have not negatively affected the country at all.
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- US-EU price cap on Russian oil threatens India’s crude imports and economic growth.
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- EU undermining its own sanctions against Russia by buying as much Russian diesel as it can before ban begins.
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