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World News See other World News Articles Title: Trump Has All the Room Not to Enforce Russia Sanctions - If He Has the Spine RI... Trump has said he'll sign the new Russia sanctions bill passed by the Congress, even though the bill originated with his political enemies, seeks to tie his hands and questions his very legitimacy as the freely and fairly elected president of the United States. That answers that question, but there is another? Will he attempt to thwart the bill in some other way? There are a few exceedingly easy ways for him to do so. He could simply water down the bill with a signing statement: Both Obama and President George W. Bush routinely used “signing statements” when presented with pieces of congressional legislation which had provisions that they opposed if they were not prepared to veto the entire bill. Bush and Obama have left President Donald Trump a bipartisan precedent of a chief executive using such statements to effectively reinterpret the intent of congressional legislation, particularly in designating congressional mandates as “advisory” when they believed that Congress was infringing on their Article II authority. This is not to suggest that Trump can simply negate sanctions on his own authority, but he can easily spell out in such a document how he understands the legislation and how he plans to carry out its provisions. In particularly, the revised bill shifted some mandatory provisions—notably on imposing sanctions on non-American firms engaged in activities that American firms are barred from undertaking—into discretionary ones, meaning that the president makes the call as to whether or not to use these powers. Supreme Court rulings, notably in the Zivotovsky ruling, make it clear that Congress cannot direct the president how to use his authority in competencies that belong to the Executive Branch, so even if, for instance, most members want to see German, Italian and French firms punished for their energy business with Russia, they cannot force the president to take such action if he does not deem it to be in the interest of the United States. advertisement Or else he could simply opt not to enforce the bill: Enforcement is also a critical matter. Using his executive authority, Obama directed federal law enforcement to stop pursuing certain categories of people who were residing in the United States illegally, and set down his prioritized categories for immigration enforcement. Similarly, Trump can decide how vigorously and strictly he wants to enforce sanctions on Russia. Some have been surprised, for instance, that the Office of Foreign Asset Control, the part of the Treasury Department that oversees sanctions enforcement, has—so far in the first months of the Trump administration—taken a stricter line on interpreting Obama’s executive sanctions on Russia than the Obama administration did. It is well within Trump’s competencies, however, to change both the personnel as well as the directives which govern how the Russia sanctions will be interpreted and enforced. For instance, a provision in the sanctions legislation that would bar U.S. energy companies from taking part in projects around the world where a Russian entity holds more than 33 percent of the equity will still need a determination as to what constitutes a Russian corporate entity, given that a number of ostensibly “Russian” firms are registered and incorporated in non-Russian jurisdictions—or the reality that a Russian company could, in theory, drop its equity below the mandated level by selling to a friendly Swiss or Qatari entity. He has the means. But does he have the will and the courage? Avatar dan kopfz • 21 hours ago As I see it, there are four or so kinds of Americans. Those that support the globalist mandate, those to stupid to see past the media narrative, those who are against war, and those that want to make America better. The latter two voted for Trump, and although they'd definitely be worse off under Clinton, they're disappointed to see Trump breaking one promise after another. Trump's hands are tied. The problem is a near completely corrupted congress. Americans need to understand why term limits exist for the President, and why the same limits need to exist for congress. Failing that, simply don't vote for anyone who has been in the House or Senate for more than 10 years. They will are almost guaranteed to be corrupt. +16 Tatarewicz dan kopfz • "same (term) limits need to exist for congress" Wouldn't make much difference. Israeli lobby would use its expertise, Jew duals, money and campaign organization to successfully support toadies who would always back foreign policy favorable for Israel. • Serg Derbst dan kopfz • I see the term limit as simply a way to pretend to have a democracy, when all you really have is a regime. An administration might be changed when the guy in front of the cameras changes. A POTUS is nothing but a sales person in front of the teleprompter. Real policy and strategy is made by others, and that is now really becoming obvious (although it was already obvious with Bush and Trump). Danny Canusa Serg Derbst • I was going to reply with something along the lines of what you did. In a nutshell, it doesn't really matter who the president is. The Deep State (or whatever term ya wanna use) runs the country. The capital of the US is in Tel Aviv, not DC. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
Just veto it. If they override then take them to court. Don't compromise in any way and don't give what they are doing any legitimacy whatsoever.
The number of votes that passed this garbage, in both houses, is veto-proof. That's the reason for this workaround article. “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
Understood, but I would still veto it anyway just on principle
Agree.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
It's to Trump's benefit that the Congress sanctions are veto-proof. Otherwise Congress with the help of Jew media would have to concoct a reason for impeachment so they could have the more compliant Pence doing Israel's bidding. An intact Ukraine may be extremely important to Zionists as a beach head into EU and NATO which would give their illegal state added security or a second home if Arabs decide to no longer put up with these obnoxious squatters in Palestine.
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