Trump’s Patience With Putin Leaves Senate Sanctions Push on Hold
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump during the G20 summit in Osaka, 2019.
Photographer: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
President Donald Trump’s suggestion that he may let Russia and Ukraine keep fighting has left US lawmakers in an awkward spot over their plan to force a ceasefire with “bone-crushing” sanctions against Moscow.
The Senate bill has more than 80 co-sponsors, an all-but-unheard-of level of bipartisan support. Yet although that kind of veto-proof backing is enough for the Senate to press ahead without White House backing, supporters show no sign they’re ready to challenge the president.