US President Donald Trump called the chances of passing the bill being finalized in the US Congress to tighten unilateral sanctions against Russia high, but at the same time noted that key provisions of the document had not been discussed with him and that he needs to review them, APA reports.
"There's a good chance that it gets done," Trump said at first, commenting at a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zeidi at the White House at journalists' request on the prospects for the bill's passage. At the same time, Trump did not confirm Washington's readiness to impose secondary sanctions on Russia's trading partners, including India and China. This is precisely one of the key provisions of the bill. "We'll have to look. That hasn't been discussed," the US leader stressed.
He recalled that one of the main initiators of the bill was Senator Lindsey Graham (listed as a terrorist and extremist in Russia), who died suddenly on July 11 at the age of 71. "I know that Lindsey wanted it very badly. <...> So we're looking at that. <...> And this is in honor of Lindsey. This was his thing. He wanted this more than any other thing," Trump said.
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