On Friday, President Trump said he was weighing additional sanctions and tariffs on Russia in a push to bring Moscow to the negotiating table to end the war in Ukraine.
Overnight, Russia launched massive airstrikes against Ukraine, even as the United States is aiming to broker a peace agreement with the two nations.
While the Trump administration has largely focused on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, even going so far as to boot him out of the Oval Office last month, the deadly conflict began with Vladimir Putin’s invasion of his Western neighbor in early 2022.
However, on Friday, just one week after the historic and contentious Oval Office meeting, Trump threatened sanctions against Russia as retaliation for the recent air strike, writing on Truth Social:
Based on the fact that Russia is absolutely “pounding” Ukraine on the battlefield right now, I am strongly considering large scale Banking Sanctions, Sanctions, and Tariffs on Russia until a Cease Fire and FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ON PEACE IS REACHED. To Russia and Ukraine, get to the table right now, before it is too late. Thank you!!!
Critics of Trump’s foreign policy have long claimed that he takes the most charitable view of Putin’s expansionistic behavior, and, to be fair, Trump has largely given him a pass for invading Ukraine, calling him “genius” and “savvy” while blaming U.S. foreign policy under Biden.
I’m sure Chamberlain was vastly misled by Hitler before WWII. He respected him by giving into his demands for Sudetenland…a little appeasement would go a long way. The freedom and independence of Czechoslovakia was ignored to just give good ol’ Hitler that little request, and then everyone would be happy (except the Czechs). Today, Putin is like a clone of Hitler and hopes for the same results; but he is a conniving, vicious, and bloodthirsty individual with the same ruthlessness as Stalin, who wants to revive past glories. His Napoleonic Complex will not be tamed by anyone who sees him as genius and savvy…a mad genius, yes, and a scheming, untrustworthy, warmonger.