The representative of the State Department Tammy Bruce made it clear that Donald Trump was close to starting to take steps against Russia, writes Financial Times. Prior to this, CNN and The Wall Street Journal reported that new sanctions against Russia can be imposed this week.
Quote: “As we saw today with [Vladimir] Putin ... There is a moment that [Trump] looks at things differently, and ... as in all other cases in this administration, this will happen quickly,” Bruce said (quote for Financial Times}
️ ”President Putin begins to understand how much President Trump is outraged by what was happening,” Bruce also said.
️ A few hours before CNN, CNN said that Trump could impose new sanctions against Russia in the coming days. According to the publication, in recent weeks, the administration has developed options that allow the United States to increase pressure on the Kremlin.
️ As a CNN writes with reference to two informed sources, Trump never received a memorandum to settle the crisis in Ukraine, which Putin promised more than a week ago during a telephone conversation with Trump (more about this document).
️To that Trump is considering imposing sanctions against Moscow this week was also informed by the sources of the USA President The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
️ Everything is more active in sanctions to be called up to republics in Congress, writes The New York Times. In particular, the new statements were made by Senators Lindsay Graham and Charles Grassley. The latter on Tuesday wrote on social networks that "it was time for decisive sanctions so that Putin knew that" the game is over "."
️A Graham said that the bill proposed by him on the introduction of 500%of duties against buyers of Russian oil and gas already 82 co-authors, which is enough to overcome the possible veto of the president. “President Trump asked Vladimir Putin to provide the main provisions describing the requirements for the ceasefire ... depending on how Russia reacts, we will find out which course to choose,” Graham explained the further sequence of actions.
️Sam Trump on Tuesday wrote a new post criticizing Putin. In it, he noted that before that he saved the Russian president from “very bad things”, but he still “plays with fire”. This post was written in a less sharp form than the day before (in it Trump wrote that Putin “went crazy”), and in a statement for the press the day before, the American president promised sanctions.