Overnight World Report · October 17, 2026, 12:40 AM CDT
Key Facts
- Trump Suspended Sanctions Against Russia That Were Promoted by Lindsey Graham — Bloomberg (via UA)
Trump Suspended Sanctions Against Russia That Were Promoted by Lindsey Graham — Bloomberg.
On October 16, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending the broad tariffs, restrictions, and sanctions that the late Senator Lindsey Graham had proposed imposing on purchases of Russian energy resources.
According to the publication, Trump invoked a provision to waive sanctions under a law that the late Senator Lindsey Graham had championed as a way to punish Russia for the war in Ukraine. That law also provided for the expansion of sanctions against Iran.
“I am hereby waiving the application of such sanctions, restrictions, and tariffs provided for in the Graham Act. I have provided Congress with a determination that granting this waiver is currently in the national interest of the United States,” Trump stated in the executive order.
“Donald Trump has once again shown that he stands with a bloodthirsty dictator and those who help Russia wage war, rather than with the majority of Americans, Congress, and the United States’ European allies. This sanctions waiver has nothing to do with U.S. national security.
Its purpose is to appease Vladimir Putin.[1]
Public-domain U.S. government video: FBI, October 16, 2026 — “Russian National Arrested and Extradited to New York on Charges of Evading Sanctions on Russia”. Matched to this story by shared names and terms in its title; watch the original for full context.
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