Story highlights GOP leaders haven't commented on a potential override were Trump to veto the legislation

The bill contains sanctions against North Korea, Iran and Russia

Washington (CNN) Anthony Scaramucci, Donald Trump's new communications director, told CNN on Thursday that the President may veto bipartisan sanctions against Russia, breaking with the widespread approval the sanctions received on Capitol Hill.

"He may sign the sanctions exactly the way they are, or he may veto the sanctions and negotiate an even tougher deal against the Russians," Scaramucci said on CNN's "New Day," calling Trump's strategy on sanctions part of his "counterintuitive, counterpunching personality."

Congressional negotiators reached a deal Wednesday night to send new sanctions, paving the way to send a bill to Trump's desk that slaps Russia with new sanctions and limits Trump's ability to alter them.

Senate foreign relations committee Chairman Bob Corker, asked by reporters on Thursday about the comment, dismissed Scaramucci's suggestion that Trump could veto the Russia sanctions bill.

Corker, R-Tennessee, said he's spoken with both the President and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in recent days and has no reason to believe Trump could veto the bill.

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