Yet Another Media Meltdown Turns Out To Be Totally Wrong
Ryan Pickrell
7:59 PM 02/02/2017
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Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump meets with law enforcement and first responders at the St. Johns County Sheriff Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump meets with law enforcement and first responders at the St. Johns County Sheriff's Department in St. Augustine, Florida, U.S. October 24, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
News that President Donald Trump was easing sanctions against Russia was refuted almost immediately, like so many other stories.
The Department of the Treasury said Thursday that it would allow U.S. companies to make limited transactions with the Federal Security Service (FSB), Russia’s intelligence agency. Possibly eager to establish a connection between the new U.S. president and Russia, numerous media outlets and journalists were quick to claim that Trump was easing, and even lifting, sanctions against Russia.
“I haven’t eased anything,” Trump told reporters at the White House Thursday.
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