4/17/2018

RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley got ahead of herself in announcing new sanctions on Russia, a top aide to President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [4-17-18]. Still, National Economic Council chairman Larry Kudlow insisted there was no confusion within the administration about the sanctions issue…Haley announced on CBS’s ‘Face the Nation’ on Sunday [4-15-18] that the US Treasury Department would formalize additional sanctions on Russia the following day, but The Washington Post reported Monday [4-16-18] that Trump had yet to sign off on the move. White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley reiterated the administration was still reviewing potentially new sanctions on CNN’s ‘Anderson Cooper 360’ later Monday.”

Kevin Liptak, “Top WH aide says Haley got ‘ahead of the curve’ with sanctions announcement,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, April 17 2018 1:30 pm