Cenk Uygur
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Trump's Been Trying To Lift Russia Sanctions Since Day One
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July 19, 2017
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7:44Now PlayingIt sure seems like Trump made a deal with the Russians... Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Immediately after entering the White House, the Trump administration embarked on a secret, forceful push to lift economic sanctions against Russia, Yahoo News reportedThursday.
Senior Trump officials went toe-to-toe with former Obama administration and State Department staffers scrambling to curtail their efforts and to stall an order to develop a plan that would lift sanctions and restore access to Russian diplomatic compounds in Maryland and Long Island, according to Yahoo.
“There was serious consideration by the White House to unilaterally rescind the sanctions,” Dan Fried, who was chief U.S. coordinator for sanctions policy until February, told Yahoo.
The Trump administration’s effort ultimately fell short, thwarted in part by a series of damaging news reports about senior officials’ undisclosed conversations with Russian officials.”*
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