Unfortunately, the version of the bill that eventually passed and was signed into law, there is the option for Trump to use a waiver on most of the sanctions, and also determine what secondary sanctions would be used against third countries buying russian energy products. This was not the case ...

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... in the original version of the bill, but it was altered several times to suit Trump. I am clueless as to whether Graham was expecting Trump to implement sanctions against russia that he can prevent, but he probably didn't expect Trump to use a waiver on pretty much all of them. I think there ...

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... are still some sanctions in the bill that will go into effect whether Trump wants it or not, but most of it was designed so that Trump can decide what happens. Graham publicly justified this as a means for Trump to have "leverage" over russia in negotiations, but obviously he was too blinded ...

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... by Trump not to see that Trump doesn't want to put any pressure on russia and not even wants to use the option to use pressure as a threat.

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Ah, good move.

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