Overview
- The White House issued an executive order that President Trump signed on Saturday, pausing implementation of the Lindsey Graham law’s expanded sanctions and tariff mandates.
- The pause starts a 60-day review that Secretary of State Marco Rubio said will assess how simultaneous sanctions and large tariffs could affect the U.S. and global economies and energy supplies.
- The order leaves existing U.S. sanctions in place and makes the new measures reversible, with enforcement to resume only if the president or the secretary of state decides to proceed.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly warned that formal U.S. alignment with Russia would be a grave mistake but said he still considers Trump an ally, and U.S. intelligence-sharing with Ukraine has reportedly resumed.
- The administration argues the pause reduces short-term risk to fuel markets and gives negotiating leverage, but it could strain relations with Kyiv and key partners and might be reversed quickly depending on the review or diplomacy.