Barack Obama actually said...

The crisis constituted by the actions and policies of certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe'...

Nothing in this memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect the authority granted by law to an agency, or the head thereof;

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct the following:

I declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.