Een Washington Post deelartikel over de Amerikaanse sancties op Rusland die vannacht werden ondertekend
Trump signs sweeping Russia sanctions bill, aiming to choke off funds for Moscow in Ukraine war
https://wapo.st/4iD8Vqg
Schizofreen aan dit artikel is dat het zich alleen laat vinden door ernaar te zoeken. Er zijn ook geen reacties bij. Mijn observatie bij meerdere WaPo artikelen is dat die bij deze krant een dergelijke behandeling krijgen wanneer het onderwerpen betreft die de Trump Administatie onwelgevallig is. Mijn conclusie is dat deze Graham act dat dus ook is.
En hier het New York Times deelartikel:
https://www.nytimes.com/2...mid=nytcore-android-share
De geest van de wet ontgaat Trump nog wat:
But though Mr. Trump signed the bill Friday, the Trump administration is pursuing another approach: offering benefits for Russia that officials hope will get Mr. Putin to consider ending his war.
Ja sorry, dit gaat dus niet over de wet maar wel over sancties, of juist het gebrek eraan:
Among the new inducements: The White House is now considering signing business deals with Russia before it stops fighting in Ukraine, according to two people close to the talks. The U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity to be candid about the negotiations, said that deals with Russia before the end of the war were possible because they would show that the United States was serious about a reset relationship with Russia.
Het financiële gewin is een meer dominante emotie bij Trump:
The approach represents a shift from Mr. Trump’s pledge last year that business deals with Russia would not come “until we get the war settled.” It indicates that Mr. Trump’s envoys for ending the war, Steve Witkoff and Mr. Kushner, are groping for new ways to entice Russia to stop fighting, now that it has become clear that Ukraine will not withdraw from the swath of its own territory that Mr. Putin insists he must control before the war ends.
Het congres wil nu duidelijk wat anders:
And it contrasts with the approach advocated by both Republicans and Democrats in Congress — not to mention Kyiv’s European allies and Ukraine itself — that only heightened economic and military pressure on Mr. Putin can compel him to compromise.
“This bill will cripple Russia’s war machine and finally bring Putin to the negotiating table,” Representative Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas and one of the sanctions bill’s leading proponents, said on Wednesday after a bipartisan majority passed the legislation, 262 to 159.
Maar die nieuwe wet zou een u-bocht betekenen voor de grote plannen van de Amerikaanse overheid:
But insofar as the Trump administration is pursuing a carrot-and-stick approach with Mr. Putin, carrots seem the focus. The U.S. official said that the administration wanted to create more incentives for members of the Russian elite to push for peace. Executing some business deals before the end of the war could help convince anti-American hawks around Mr. Putin that Mr. Trump really does want to create a new relationship with Russia, the official added.
In het huidige overheidsbeleid zijn sancties ongeveer het laatste waar het aan denkt:
Washington “is now signaling that some deals could move forward if Moscow first demonstrates concrete restraint,” said Mr. Jarabik, who has been tracking the talks closely. “Washington had previously resisted signing such agreements before a cease-fire.”
It was not clear what deals in particular are on the table. The Kremlin’s foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said after Mr. Putin’s meeting with Mr. Witkoff and Mr. Kushner on Sept. 5 that “economic issues and potential major mutually beneficial Russian-American projects were discussed in some detail.”
Hopelijk zijn de midterms een hefboom om beweging te krijgen in dit overheidsbeleid. Trump heeft zich tot noch toe weinig gelegen gelaten aan wat het congres van zijn beleid vindt. En sorry, nee, nog geen info over wat dat sanctie pakket beoogd te doen.