Trump Administration to Lift Sanctions on Russian Oligarch’s Companies

[OscarLevant]

Trump is betraying America, this will put millions and billions into Putin's pocket

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/us/politics/sanctions-oleg-deripaska-russia-trump.html

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it intends to lift sanctions against the business empire of Oleg V. Deripaska, one of Russia’s most influential oligarchs, after an aggressive lobbying campaign by Mr. Deripaska’s companies.

The decision by the Treasury Department, which had been postponed for months, was both politically and economically sensitive, and drew criticism from some Democrats and foreign policy analysts that the administration was sending the wrong signal to Moscow about its conduct toward its neighbors and the United States.

 

[Hawkeye10]

Trump is betraying America, this will put millions and billions into Putin's pocket

Sounds like this guy has been successfully making the argument that sanctions against him are unjust, if he is right fixing that is far more important than your desire to keep a boot on Putins neck.

Once one no longer cares about justice they are road kill, the hate has consumed them.

 

[OscarLevant]

Sounds like this guy has been successfully making the argument that sanctions against him are unjust, if he is right fixing that is far more important than your desire to keep a boot on Putins neck.

Once one no longer cares about justice they are road kill, the hate has consumed them.

To assert that criticism of Trump is driven purely by hatred is an incompetent argument.

 

[Athanasius68]

To assert that criticism of Trump is driven purely by hatred is an incompetent argument.

The administration is required by law to lift those sanctions as the requirements to do so have been met.
What is the argument, now, against raising the sanctions? That Trump should break the law?

 

[Hawkeye10]

To assert that criticism of Trump is driven purely by hatred is an incompetent argument.

You have failed at following along.

 

[Greenbeard]

 

[OscarLevant]

You have failed at following along.

You're have failed at refuting any argument presented on this forum.

 

[markjs]

Notice the way Melania is looking at him? Prolly tiny mushrooom issues at home?:lamo

 

[beerftw]

Trump is betraying America, this will put millions and billions into Putin's pocket

The company the guy runs is the largest alumin exporter in the world, and aluminum is used for so many things, I can make a safe bet russian lobbyists were not the only ones pushing for this, but rather many lobbyists worldwide, as so many countries are fine pushing sanctions until it hits their pocketbooks.


If you want to understand how it hurt so many, google rising aluminum prices, and see that the metal has been on a steady rise worldwide since the sanctions, and has harmed the world market more than it did russia who makes far more off oil exports than aluminum.