Communication breakdown: What the Nikki Haley flap reveals about Trump's foreign policy

Hitting the Sunday talk show circuit, the United Nations Ambassador spoke about new sanctions that were supposedly set to be announced the following day by the White House.

This happened in the wake of an opposite announcement by Nikki Haley who serves as the USA ambassador to the United Nations.

The comments by Nikki Haley on April 17 came just two days after she said in a television interview that new sanctions on Russian Federation would be announced on April 16 over Moscow's backing of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

For Cupp, the Trump administration not only hung Haley out to dry over the Russian sanctions, "she was then dismissed and head-patted by an old boys' club Trump adviser who thought he could".

The administration's attempts to roll back Haley's Sunday comments rippled across Washington, and White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow's comment that "there might have been some momentary confusion" from the United Nations ambassador prompted a sharp rebuttal.

She was responding to comments by White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow.

"It's so obvious, that the military officials can't but understand it, and they understand it better than many others", Lavrov said.

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U.S. President Donald Trump has reiterated his claim that nobody has been tougher on Russian Federation than him and that he will impose new sanctions on Moscow "as soon as they very much deserve it".

In her initial remarks, made on CBS television, Ms Haley said the fresh measures would target "any sort of companies that were dealing with equipment related to [Syrian President Bashar al-] Assad and chemical weapons use". Haley has now been undermined - with her words perhaps not carrying as much weight on the world stage as before - and the White House looks like it didn't have its ducks in a row.

"And it's sad. No one behaves tougher than me", insisted trump. She's a very effective ambassador. It is unclear exactly when Trump changed his mind - before or after her TV appearance.

"Sanctions are always under consideration", Nauert said.

Trump proposed a meeting with Putin at the White House in a phone conversation on March 20, Lavrov recalled in an interview with Russia Today published on the Russian Foreign Ministry's website, adding that Moscow hopes Trump will give specifics on his invitation.

Footnote: In a similar vein, the Times reported that Jim Mattis urged Trump to get congressional approval before launching the airstrikes against Syria but that the president overruled his Defense secretary.

Earlier this month, the Trump Administration issued fresh sanctions against almost 40 top Russian business leaders, officials and companies for their destabilizing activities.

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