[kabar]

Sanctions by executive order is a very very bad way to make US foreign policy, given that a misstep by one thin skinned unhinged man can lead to war.

You call these sanctions? Selecting a few dozen people for visa restrictions is not exactly a reason to go to war. It is laughable. Better to do nothing at all then such a meaningless action. It shows how powerless we really are.

[silverleaf]

so the principle is, the president of the US can unilaterally order sanctions against the citizens and assets of a foreign nation... just not “big” sanctions