AS U.S. CONSIDERS NEW SANCTIONS ON TURKEY, RUSSIA LIFTS SOME AFTER MISSILE DELIVERY

Source:Newsweek Date:26Jul2019

Following a private meeting with dozens of legislators that lasted about an hour and a half, Republican Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota told NBC News that Trump “would like a little more room, as the executive, to work through these issues.” Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas told the outlet he felt the president “would like more flexibility” on the issue.

“The president is not a fan of sanctions as a whole as a tool,” Republican Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma told Al-Monitor. “He made that clear overall.”

Republican Senator David Perdue of Georgia told The Washington Post that “what the presidents trying to do is have a much broader approach to this thing,” suggesting that prioritizing sanctions over diplomacy was only a sound strategy “if you just look at what Turkey’s trying to do now.” Instead, he recommended officials “look at the broader issues of the entire region and then what’s going on with other major countries, you might get in a different situation,” adding that “we’re trying to develop allies in the world.”