US sanctions on Russia coming soon: Treasury secretary

[DonViejo]

Source: Agence France-Presse




6 MAR 2018

Despite President Donald Trump's public statements appearing to oppose sanctions against Russia, the steps ordered by Congress will be imposed in coming weeks, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday.

In testimony before a House subcommittee, Mnuchin pushed back against the idea that Trump is trying to block the sanctions in response to Russia's meddling in the 2016 US presidential election, saying Trump is "fully supportive."

"We will implement them," Mnuchin said. "I expect in next several weeks will be going forward with sanctions on Russia." Trump's vocal opposition to the package -- which entered into law earlier this year -- and his regular praise of Vladimir Putin has raised questions about whether the administration is dragging its feet, which has angered some lawmakers.

Several members of Trump's campaign have been charged or admitted to lying to the FBI about their contacts with Kremlin-linked officials accused of trying to sway the 2016 vote in Trump's favor.

Read more: https://www.afp.com/en/news/826/us-sanctions-russia-coming-soon-treasury-secretary-doc-1218nq1

[NastyRiffraff]

1. Weasel statement.

"I expect in next several weeks will be going forward with sanctions on Russia."

He expects (maybe);
"in the next several weeks" (never)
"will be going forward" (holding meetings & doing nothing)

[Merlot]

2. "coming weeks?" how convenient! Not like they had any time to prepare.

literal translation: don't hold your breath.

[Iliyah]

3. Lie

[Clarity2]

4. Mnuchin

the guy sent from wall street to lift those sanctions because wall street is sitting on a pile of sanctioned money? Never.

[mitch96]

5. As Ms Maddow says

Don't listen to what they say, watch what they do..
I call this bullshit..
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[CincyDem]

6. As soon as Vlad signs off, we'll be ready to deploy them. Hang tight. lol. n/t

[Squinch]

7. We Democrats have missed a perfect messaging opportunity on this. The Democratic leadership

should have met and decided upon the steps WE want to be taken to safeguard our elections. Those steps should have been distilled to a few action points. Those action points should have been repeated in every interview done by every Democrat for the last year.

Each of us should have heard those action points listed so often that we can recite them in our sleep. They should be people's tag lines on social media.

This was a terrible opportunity to miss. We could have defined what "election reform" means to the average American. Instead, one of the republican president's flying monkeys is going to do it. It will be meaningless.

[BigmanPigman]

8. I'm not holding my breath. Too many lies for too long.

I will believe it when I see it.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. They said that a couple months ago

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-30/mnuchin-say-russia-sanctions-coming-after-oligarchs-report

And had said it a couple months before that - https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/26/trump-russia-sanctions-delay-bob-corker-244215

Don't hold your breath.