US President Donald Trump is reported to have scrapped a plan to impose sanctions on Russia for its support of the Syrian government, reversing an earlier announcement made by his ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are considering additional sanctions on Russia and a decision will be made in the near future,\u201d White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe president has been clear that he\u2019s going to be tough on Russia,\u201d Sanders told reporters on a flight to Florida, where Trump was on Monday. \u201cBut at the same time, he\u2019d still like to have a good relationship with them. But that\u2019s going to be determined by whether or not Russia decides if they want to be a better actor in this process or not.\u201d<\/p>\n
In an interview to CBS on Sunday, Haley had said that Syria-related Russia sanctions were coming and treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin would announce them on Monday, \u201cif he hasn\u2019t already\u201d.<\/p>\n
More specifically, Haley had said the plan was to sanction \u201ccompanies that were dealing with\u201d equipment related to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and \u201cchemical weapons use\u201d.<\/p>\n
While some news reports, citing unidentified officials, said Haley might have misspoken, others indicated there was indeed a plan on the menu of follow-up steps to the April 14 air strikes, but Trump was not ready to execute them and had not given his final authorisation.<\/p>\n
Trump wants to work with Russia and has been reluctant to publicly criticise President Vladimir Putin. Disregarding advice from aides, he congratulated Putin for his victory in elections most Americans believe were a sham, and even invited him to the White House for talks.<\/p>\n
But Trump has also announced two rounds of economic sanctions against Russia and ordered the expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats, joining allies Britain, France and others in a coordinated retaliation to the poisoning of a former Russia spy and his daughter in Britain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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