Irina Nesterova20:46, 06.06.25
The head of the White House fears that the adoption of the law could harm relations between the US and Russia.
The White House is quietly pressuring Senator Lindsey Graham to significantly weaken the Russia sanctions bill, The Wall Street Journal reports .
As is known, the bill, which received the support of more than 80 senators, aims to impose sanctions on key Russian officials and sectors, as well as 500% duties on countries that do business with Russia. However, US President Donald Trump fears that the adoption of such a law could harm US-Russian relations.
Congressional sources told the publication that the White House and other administration officials have been quietly reaching out to Graham’s office in recent weeks to water down the bill, including by changing it to allow Trump to choose who gets sanctioned. They also want to change the word “shall” to “may” to eliminate the mandatory nature of the orders.
But congressional staffers say removing the mandatory nature of sanctions would make the document “toothless,” given that Trump already has the ability to impose sanctions at his discretion.
The bill’s co-sponsor, Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, confirmed to the publication that he had private talks with the White House but declined to comment.
“We’re moving forward, and the White House is involved in our conversations,” he said.
Meanwhile, a White House spokesman noted that the Constitution “gives the president the authority to conduct diplomacy with foreign countries, and any sanctions package must provide full flexibility to allow the president to continue to pursue his desired foreign policy.”
The publication recalled that Graham had publicly stated that he planned to make some changes to the bill, in particular adding wording that would exclude countries that provide military or economic assistance to Ukraine. This provision is intended to protect Ukraine’s European allies from the 500 percent tariffs that the bill provides for any country that buys Russian oil, gas, uranium and other products.
However, it is noted that Gramm has not yet publicly endorsed the changes that the Trump administration has been privately pushing him to make.
(C)UNIAN 2025
“The head of the White House fears that the adoption of the law could harm relations between the US and Russia.”
Do these clowns not realise that the aims of mafia land are not improved relations, but the destruction of the US by any means.
Do all these Ukrainian and American ‘journalists’ know anything about ruSSia??? ruSSia cannot be defeated by sanctions. ruSSia can only crumble from the inside, and this is very unlikely. Ukraine could receive Taurus and US fighter planes in large numbers, but…
“The head of the White House fears that the adoption of the law could harm relations between the US and Russia.”
Translation, the money flow from mafia land would stop flowing, Most likely, the mafia money flows via his very own corrupt crypto coin.