United States President Donald Trump grudgingly signed into law new sanctions against Russia on Wednesday.
Moscow, however, said the move would have a few consequences as it amounts to a full-scale trade war and an end to hopes for better ties with the Trump administration.
Congress overwhelmingly approved the legislation last week, passing a measure that conflicts with the Republican president’s desire to improve relations with Moscow.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev wrote in a Facebook post and on Twitter that the Trump administration had demonstrated “total weakness”.
“The US President’s signing of the package of new sanctions against Russia will have a few consequences. First, it ends hope for improving our relations with the new US administration. Second, it is a declaration of a full-fledged economic war on Russia.
“Third, the Trump administration has shown its total weakness by handing over executive power to Congress in the most humiliating way. This changes the power balance in U.S. political circles.”
The new law allows Congress to stop any effort by President Trump to ease sanctions on Russia.
The US President’s signing of the package of new sanctions against Russia will have a few consequences: https://t.co/UizYaTbSR6
— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) August 2, 2017
The Trump administration has shown its total weakness by handing over executive power to Congress in the most humiliating way
— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) August 2, 2017
The Trump administration has shown its total weakness by handing over executive power to Congress in the most humiliating way
— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) August 2, 2017
Reuters
