The US Senate is leaving the decision on new Russia sanctions entirely up to Trump, The Hill reports. Lawmakers failed to pass a major sanctions bill before the August recess, giving Trump sole authority to act if Putin ignores the August 8 deadline to halt the war. thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Will repeal the Magnitsky Act and claim he’s imposed sanctions, delivering on Veselnitskaya’s ask at the shady meeting at trump tower during the summer of 2015?
Fucking cowards. When faced with a moral crisis, they run away. Knowing the decision is in the hands of a dithering, weak-minded fool, they abdicate their duty and throw up their hands. Push him. Make him defend his cowardice. Hell, flatter him - I don’t care. Just make him act!
Total capitulation. What a shame.
"sole authority to act"... or not to act...
Nothing or nobody will ever get past trump. He will make sure of that. That’s what dictators are like.
What are they afraid of? Will we ever find out? The duties of Senators and Congressmen are very clear in the Articles of the Constitution. Yet they refuse to act. They are wasting OUR tax dollars by failing to do their job while we pay for their offices, staff, salaries, benefits, travel, etc.
I don’t understand why in hell Thune would need a “green light” from Trump to bring a bill to the floor for a vote! Jesus, sac up!
They should not be re-elected. None of those morons.
Abdicated power to a criminal rapist paedophile dictator whose close ties with 🇷🇺 are well documented. Well done America 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Yeah., the other day I watched @fareedzakaria.bsky.social saying that if Trump was able to do this and that for the Palestinian State, that he would have no problem nominating Trump for the Nobel. Everyone keeps expecting Trump to do the right thing.. but this really does seem delusional
This might be a very clever way to manipulate Trump. "Switch the US to clean energy and I'll nominate you!" "Solve world hunger and I'll nominate you!" His brain is cheeseburger soup and his advisors are awful; I say we should exploit that.
And everyone needs to keep fighting, assuming he really is a russian asset, only buying time.. while Ukrainian lives are lost in another terrorist attack
If??? Pahleeze. You mean “When Putin waltzes right on thru the ballroom”
They’re nothing without their fascist daddy
We all know that Putin isn't going to halt the way, and we also know that DJT isn't going to defy his "how to become a dictator" coach by doing anything that matters.
Why are we paying taxes? Congress not working and trump spending it all on himself and his ilk.
The deadline will come and Trump will give Putin two more weeks. Republicans are spineless cowards
I say we stop paying members of Congress. They have ceded all their power to Trump and don’t do anything unless he tells them to. They aren’t working for us. They shouldn’t be paid. And how about they have to scramble for healthcare like the rest of us!
Which means they will never happen....
Horrible lack of meeting their responsibility!
The GOP has in reality destroyed the significance of Congress'. What Trump wants, GOP wants, in a scary nazi style obedience. The U.S. is now governed by a flow of presidential decrets. And the judicial system? Day by day becoming a tool controlled by Trump.
At the White Compound, they’re not exactly eager to go against russia. The orange guy has been daydreaming about sanctions for months. Real sanctions are unrestricted military aid to Ukraine: no limits, no conditions.
I, as a EUropean, will NEVER forgive US people for electing this sadistic fascist and criminal bstard for the SECOND time. NEVER!