{"id":11292,"date":"2025-06-03T16:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T08:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=11292"},"modified":"2025-06-03T16:30:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T08:30:23","slug":"senators-itching-for-trump-green-light-to-move-on-russia-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=11292","title":{"rendered":"Senators itching for Trump green light to move on Russia sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250603162252.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250603162252.jpg 658w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250603162252-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senators in both parties are itching to move a bipartisan Russia sanctions package as fighting escalates in the region, but Republicans are waiting on a green light from President Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The effort to pass a robust sanctions package is hitting high gear. Trump and his allies are sounding a considerably more negative tone about Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has shown few signs of slowing down his battle against Ukraine. Some of Trump\u2019s closest allies, including Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), are pushing hard to more aggressively target Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And both a stunning operation by Ukraine and an escalation of attacks by Russia are giving more senators the impetus to act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But while Trump\u2019s grown more vocal about Putin\u2019s unwillingness to move toward a peace deal, he has declined to throw in his lot with the sanctions bill, which has more than 80 co-sponsors in the upper chamber \u2014 effectively keeping it on ice for the time being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re working with the White House. \u2026 We are prepared to move forward as soon as they feel like the timing is right. They\u2019re leading,\u201d said Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), who, along with Graham, has had ongoing talks with Trump about the sanctions bill. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to get in front of the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe don\u2019t want to interfere in the middle of negotiations. \u2026 If we have to do this to get their attention, we most definitely will. We\u2019re 100 percent willing and able to move forward with it,\u201d Mullin continued. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t do us any good if we pass it in the House, pass it in the Senate and then the president is like, \u2018Hold on a second guys.\u2019 It puts him in a bad position [and it] puts us in a bad position.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters that the bill could hit the floor during the current four-week work period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[The White House is] still hopeful they\u2019ll be able to strike some sort of a deal, but \u2026 there\u2019s a high level of interest here in the Senate on both sides of the aisle in moving on it,\u201d he said. \u201cI think a genuine interest in doing something to make clear to Russia that they need to come to the table \u2026 I think that would have a big impact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The package in question would implement some of the harshest sanctions possible on some of Moscow\u2019s top trading partners, including a 500 percent tariff on nations that purchase oil, gas, uranium and other goods from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China and India are Russia\u2019s biggest customers for those items, accounting for 70 percent of Russia\u2019s energy exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graham, one of the leading proponents of the legislation, labeled it as \u201cthe most draconian bill I\u2019ve ever seen in my life in the Senate.\u201d He also told The Associated Press that he crafted it in coordination with Trump\u2019s advisers and last week said he expected the Senate to start moving the bill this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nevertheless, Trump has remained noncommittal, even though he has increased his criticism of Putin in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t know. I\u2019ll have to see it,\u201d he said on Friday when asked about the proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The push comes on the heels of Graham\u2019s visit to Kyiv, where he and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and then Paris, where Graham spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the latest state of play in the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the South Carolina Republican, the only steps Putin is taking in the coming months to end the war is trying to defeat the Ukrainians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe saw credible evidence of a summer or early fall invasion, a new offensive by Putin,\u201d Graham told The Associated Press. \u201cHe\u2019s preparing for more war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. officials convened in Istanbul for a second round of peace talks on Monday, where the two warring nations agreed to trade thousands of dead and seriously injured troops. However, there were no signs of progress toward concluding the 3-year-old war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The talks took place only days after Ukraine launched a stunning drone offensive that destroyed 40 Russian warplanes at air bases across the country. The total represents one-third of the Russian bomber fleet, and the attack happened after Ukraine smuggled 117 drones deep into Russia in an operation that took 18 months of planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia, meanwhile, launched a heavy attack on Ukraine on Sunday. According to the Ukrainian air force, Russia launched 472 drones against Ukraine, marking the highest total since the beginning of the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The intense back-and-forth in recent days is inspiring more lawmakers to push for action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI hate to say that I\u2019m glad the president is seeing \u2026 Putin for the evil murderer that he is, but now we have to have a consequence for it,\u201d Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said, adding that he would vote for the sanctions package \u201cin a heartbeat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Republicans wait on word from the president, Democrats have no such patience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe single best thing President Trump can do to strengthen Ukraine\u2019s hand right now is to show that the U.S. stands firmly behind them and squarely against Russia. But so far, Trump has not done that,\u201d Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on the floor Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhere is Donald Trump\u2019s backbone? Where is his conviction? Where\u2019s that toughness he likes to project?\u201d Schumer asked. \u201cFrankly, senators from both sides of the aisle are getting tired of Donald Trump\u2019s wishy-washy approach to Putin. If Donald Trump won\u2019t stand up to him, the Senate must.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New York Democrat also called the sanctions package a \u201chammer blow\u201d to Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s very much needed, and it\u2019s needed now,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senators in both parties are itching to move a bipartisan Russia sanctions package as fighting escalates in the region, but Republicans are waiting on a green light from President Trump. 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