Administration officials said it was unlikely President Trump would approve any additional sanctions without another triggering event by Russia, describing the strategy as in a holding pattern. The sanctions announcement made Sunday by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley was swiftly denounced by the Kremlin as "international economic raiding." Possible plans would have punished Russia anew for its support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government over an alleged chemical weapons attack. As officials in Moscow condemned the plan as overly punitive, Trump conferred with his national security advisers Sunday and told them he was upset the sanctions were being officially rolled out because he was not yet comfortable executing them, according to several people familiar with the plan. | 
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