Trump calls decision to waive sanctions against Russia "very good" for US and "the world"
US President Donald Trump has said his decision to waive sanctions against Russia is "very good" and will be beneficial for both the United States and "the world".
Source: Trump, as quoted by White House Press Pool Reports on X (Twitter)
Details: Reporters asked Trump about his decision to waive sanctions against Russia.
The president said that "a lot of you don't know what my decision is yet".
However, he added that the decision is "very good".
Quote: "It's a very good decision, and it's going to be a decision that's good for the country, and I think good for the world because we're really at a world stage."
Details: Trump went on to mention the war with Iran, which he said is "going very well".
The US president also claimed that his country used to be "dead" but is now "the hottest country anywhere in the world by far".
Background:
- On 16 October, Trump signed an executive order waiving the application of sanctions against Russia under the Graham Act. He said the decision was in the US national interest.
- Senator Richard Blumenthal, who helped draft the Graham Act, sharply criticised Trump for refusing to take further steps to put pressure on Russia under the law.
- On 15 October, 22 Democrat and Republican members of the US House of Representatives wrote to Trump demanding the full and immediate implementation of the sanctions against Russia provided for under the Graham Act.
- Gregory Meeks, a Democrat and Ranking Member of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, has introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at blocking the US-Russia deal on diesel fuel.
- Kirill Dmitriev, Russian ruler Vladimir Putin's chief economic envoy, called Trump's decision not to impose restrictions on Russia under the Graham Act a "historic moment", claiming that imposing them would have caused "serious damage, primarily to the US economy and global markets".
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