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[webfact]

White House denies confusion in approach to Russia sanctions

 

U.S. President Donald Trump's top economic adviser Larry Kudlow is interviewed at the White House in Washington. U.S., April 6, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Tuesday the United States had imposed a set of sanctions on Russia and was considering other measures for the future, adding that there was no confusion in the White House approach toward Moscow.

 

Kudlow's comments came after U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said over the weekend that new U.S. sanctions would be forthcoming, only to have President Donald Trump delay further action on Monday, according to a senior administration official.

 

"I think the issue here is we have a set of sanctions and additional sanctions are under consideration but have not been determined," Kudlow told a briefing at Mar-a-Lago, where Trump is due to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

 

Haley said on Sunday that Washington was preparing new sanctions on Russia over its support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

 

But a senior administration official said on Monday that Trump has delayed imposing additional sanctions on Russia and is unlikely to approve them unless Moscow carries out a new cyber attack or some other provocation.

 

Asked about Haley's remarks, Kudlow said: "She's doing a great job, she's a very effective ambassador. There might have been some momentary confusion about that."

 

(Reporting by Steve Holland; Writing by David Alexander; Editing by Rosalba O'Brien and Leslie Adler)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-04-18

[Srikcir]

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

There might have been some momentary confusion about that."

I previously said that Haley didn't go rogue. Now Haley responded:

"With all due respect, I don't get confused."

https://twitter.com/cnni/status/986374878424195073

Kudlow afterwards apologized for his remark, saying he had misspoken based on incomplete information. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/world/europe/trump-nikki-haley-russia-sanctions.html

Haley doesn't do confusion.

That's Trump's trademark!

 

[Jingthing]

11 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

...

Haley doesn't do confusion.

That's Trump's trademark!

 

Indeed.

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After a reporter from Der Spiegel suggested that the United States is “no longer reliable” and that Trump is “unpredictable,” Maas responded: “For me, reliability is one of the most important political qualities, particularly in foreign policy.”

“Despite everything, we are all dependent on that, including in the trans-Atlantic relationship,” he said. “It doesn't make it any easier when you find yourself confronted by surprising tweets every day.”

 

 

http://www.paywallnews.com/news/Analysis-|-German-foreign-minister-on-Trump--‘Surprising-tweets-every-day’-make-things-harder.SkKz59Q2M.html

 

[Jingthing]

To add, it's pretty obvious that Nikki Haley will be running for president someday. She may be the only major "trump" administration figure not tainted (yet anyway) by her boss. Of course, it would be an uphill battle as she's far too intelligent for the current culture of that party.

[samran]

11 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

To add, it's pretty obvious that Nikki Haley will be running for president someday. She may be the only major "trump" administration figure not tainted (yet anyway) by her boss. Of course, it would be an uphill battle as she's far too intelligent for the current culture of that party.

 So when you add that to what Kudlow said:

 

”Asked about Haley's remarks, Kudlow said: "She's doing a great job, she's a very effective ambassador. There might have been some momentary confusion about that."

 

...you know she is on the way out. 

[Jingthing]

I doubt that. It's just Kudlow. One of the temps. 

[samran]

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I doubt that. It's just Kudlow. One of the temps. 

Time will tell I guess. The bigger question is why did Donnie want to hold up the sanctions? Couldn’t be that he is in hock to some of those people who would be targeted by some of these sanctions? 

[Srikcir]

1 hour ago, Srikcir said:

Kudlow afterwards apologized for his remark, saying he had misspoken based on incomplete information.

Now it seems there was no "misspeak." Apparently, Trump's policy on sanctions changed overnight from Sunday to Monday and according to Kudlow, Haley was left out of the loop.

[Chomper Higgot]

Where's the confusion. 

 

Trump consistently acts to delay, halt or water down any and all sanctions against Russia.

[Emster23]

"There might have been some momentary confusion about that." Assumption Nicki was confused, as let the record show Trump administration does not do "momentary confusion". It is ongoing and continuous confusion and chaos in the WH.

[Srikcir]

1 hour ago, Srikcir said:

Haley was left out of the loop.

Kudlow is not in Haley's chain of command and would have had no formal responsibility to inform Haley of any matters concerning the State Department. In fact Kudlow holds no cabinet position. He is a senior advisor to the president for economic affairs.

With no Secretary of State, it should fall to Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan nominated by Trump and appointed by the Senate effective May 2017 as acting SoS (appropriate abbreviation yes?) to immediately inform Haley of the sanctions delay. But apparently with Kudlow's direct intervention that would have been directed by Trump, John was also out of the loop as it should be him to inform Haley of policy changes related to her role in the UN. 

Trump causes his own chaos in his administration - something he claims to relish.

Mission Accomplished.

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[Morch]

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

To add, it's pretty obvious that Nikki Haley will be running for president someday. She may be the only major "trump" administration figure not tainted (yet anyway) by her boss. Of course, it would be an uphill battle as she's far too intelligent for the current culture of that party.

 

Seem to recall she was a rather popular governor. And unless mistaken, she and Mattis are pretty much the only Trump appointees to have semi-acceptable approval ratings (or more correctly, approval-disapproval rating ratio). As far as GOP goes - she first supported Rubio, then Cruz, and finally went along with Trump. Doubt she's actually cheer-leading for him or much appreciates his conduct - politics is politics. GOP may embrace an untainted candidate, and one able to draw undecided voters. Granted, she's a hawk, but at least she's not entirely incapable of running things.

[Srikcir]

15 minutes ago, Morch said:

Granted, she's a hawk, but at least she's not entirely incapable of running things.

I put her on the same level if not higher as former Democrat U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. If not a POTUS/VP candidate certainly a Secretary of State nominee. Just not under a Trump re-election.

[Morch]

11 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

I put her on the same level if not higher as former Democrat U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. If not a POTUS/VP candidate certainly a Secretary of State nominee. Just not under a Trump re-election.

 

Secretary of State? Don't think Haley had much background in international relations when she was appointed to her post. IMO, she's not a particularity good ambassador, nor a particularly successful one (although the latter being, by large, a product of Trump's presidency). Obviously, she knows more now than she did previously, but still - Secretary of State probably needs someone a bit more moderate, at least in speech.

 

[Srikcir]

25 minutes ago, Morch said:

but still - Secretary of State probably needs someone a bit more moderate, at least in speech

I'm thinking under a Republican administration. Remember CEO Tillerson's qualifications? Republicans currently aren't known for moderation.

As Governor of South Carolina Halely had in 2016 the same 60% popularity as New York Cuomo, Texas Abbot, a bit less than Ohio Kasich at 61%, and higher than California Brown, Wisconsin Walker and Florida Scott. https://morningconsult.com/state-governor-rankings/

 

[Jingthing]

Smart move.

Yes, she's playing with fire, but she's playing it well.

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Nikki Haley knows exactly what she’s doing

http://www.paywallnews.com/life/cetusnews?part=ByimBhl7OIhz

[sammieuk1]

Whilst draining the swamp the entire admiration has fell in.