Europe Rethinks Russia Strategy Over Fears Trump Will Cut Sanctions: Report

As president, however, Trump imposed hundreds of sanctions on Russia as part of the continued response to Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea, as well as for harmful cyber operations, meddling in elections and its support for nations such as North Korea. According to Tom Keatinge, director of the Centre for Finance and Security at the Royal United Services Institute, Trump could also face legislative restrictions if he tried to roll back sanctions from the Biden era. The Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, reluctantly signed into law by Trump in August 2017, limited the president's ability to unilaterally revoke sanctions on countries such as Russia.