Trump examines sanctions in Russia but to push Putin to negotiate

Donald Trump seems to be seriously considering imposing new sanctions on Russia, not in retaliation for the war in Ukraine, but to push Vladimir Putin to negotiate. Following telephone contact with his Russian counterpart and acknowledging European leaders, that “Putin is not ending the war now, because he believes he is winning” the US president is in an awkward position. On the one hand he has not yet ended the war “which would end quickly as soon as he was president” – he was a pre -election promise – and on the other hand he seems to not really know Putin, despite assurances that they maintain excellent relationships, the Wall Street Journal wrote. At the same time, there is open the possibility of annuling or downgrading the agreement on the sale of Ukraine’s mineral wealth in the US if Russia prevails. According to the US report, time is pushing the US president, who examines sanctions as a pressure lever to show to the […]
Source: News Beast

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