President Trump triggers confusion among his aides and administration officials after tweeting he is withdrawing new North Korea sanctions
"It was announced today by the U.S. Treasury that additional large scale Sanctions would be added to those already existing Sanctions on North Korea. I have today ordered the withdrawal of those additional Sanctions!" Trump tweeted on Friday.It was not immediately clear which sanctions Trump was referring to.
Trump's announcement was a startling rebuke of policy action announced by his own government, once again calling attention to the unconventional and undisciplined policy process that has often defined the Trump administration.Top administration officials had heralded the new designations targeting the Chinese shipping companies before Trump took to Twitter."Important actions today from @USTreasury," Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, tweeted on Thursday.
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