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In this instance, the executive order is merely the instrument; the claimed legal authority is the waiver authorized under Section 115 of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026.

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"Trump's executive order comes as he has been warming toward Russia and publicly criticizing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, including suggesting that Ukraine needs a new ‌leader." ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-w...

ca.finance.yahoo.comTrump waives many Russia-related sanctions, tariffs before they were to take effect under new lawBy Kanishka Singh and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Oct 16 - US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is waiving many sanctions, restrictions and duties days before they were to take effect under a
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Whose national interest is this serving?! "I have submitted to ‌the Congress a certification that the ​issuance of such a waiver ​at this time is ​in the national interests of the United ‌States," - Trump

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Sadly, Congress expressly authorized waivers. Section 115 says the president may waive any covered sanctions provision, restriction, or duty. It requires a written national-interest certification and a report explaining its basis to be submitted to Congress before the waiver is issued.

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It would be interesting to review the actual congressional submission to see whether it adequately explains the national-interest determination. But with this rubber-stamp Congress, adequacy is probably irrelevant. They will rubber-stamp the waiver.

Swiffy
@swiffy.bsky.social

Why now? Why not wait until post election as for anti-abortion and -healthcare? Why does he need to deliver this to Putin pre-election?

Medoyid_ua
@rusni-pizda.bsky.social

The receipts here are concrete: a presidential order exempting Russia from sanctions legislation is the policy shift itself, not a rumor. The fact to press is that Congress wrote those sanctions into law, so an exemption by executive order means the law is being bypassed, not merely interpreted.