New Anti-Russia Sanctions Also Aimed at Trump

President-elect Donald Trump is as clearly targeted as Russia by the new sanctions on the Russian oil industry that the White House announced on Jan. 10. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, speaking to reporters after the sanctions were announced, expressed the view that the new president will have to go to Congress to get the sanctions lifted though this is by no means clear. “I believe so,” he said, when asked if Trump would have to go to Congress to claw back those restrictions, reported TASS. “I mean, these are executive actions taken by President Biden. I’d leave it to the next administration to determine what—if any—follow-on executive actions they might want to take,” he pointed out.