The neocon-aligned senators are worried that
under President Trump's leadership, peace and trade may break out
So much for the truce between Charles
Schumer and Donald Trump.
Sen. Schumer seemed affable on inauguration
day, even giving a short conciliatory speech prior to Trump taking the oath.
But Schumer was already scheming with perennial partner in crime John McCain to
sabotage the new president’s foreign policy initiatives.
McCain and Schumer have introduced
legislation which, if passed, would make it impossible for President Trump to
life sanctions on Russia without congressional approval.
A bipartisan group of senators is seeking
to hamstring President Donald Trump from lifting sanctions on Russia without
approval from Congress, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. John McCain said Sunday.
The effort is intended to combat Trump from
cutting a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin that would relax some
recently imposed sanctions on Russia. Last week, Trump said that he would consider a deal
with Putin to relax some sanctions in return for nuclear arms reductions in
Russia.
But in separate appearances on ABC’s “This
Week,” McCain (R-Ariz.) and Schumer (D-N.Y.) said they opposed such a move and
would soon introduce a bill that would prevent it. Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and
Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are also supporting the bill.
‘We repeal sanctions, it tells Russia go
ahead and interfere in our elections and do bad things, it tells China, it
tells Iran. That would be terrible. So this legislation I hope will get
bipartisan support,” Schumer said.
“We need more sanctions against Russia. We
should not relax them,” McCain said. “If we don’t keep those sanctions on and
even increase them it will encourage Vladimir Putin, who is a war criminal.”
Apparently needlessly engineering a new
cold war is an issue that cuts across party lines.
If this gets passed, let’s hope it is
swiftly vetoed by President Trump.
