WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump on January 27 said that it is premature to discuss the possibility of lifting sanctions against Russia, though his senior adviser said earlier in the day that such a move was “under consideration.”
The comments by Trump and Kellyanne Conway came one day before Trump’s first postinaugural telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and amid speculation in Washington that Trump could remove sanctions imposed by his predecessor, Barack Obama, over Moscow’s interference in Ukraine and alleged interference in the U.S. presidential election.
