Opinion | How Biden can help Trump end the Ukraine war

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : As a result, as things stand, Trump could lift all the big-ticket Russia sanctions without Congress even getting a vote.
45% : In 2017, Congress passed the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, better known as CAATSA.
42% : It would thus give Trump significant leverage to coax Putin into accepting a peace deal.
38% : Doing so now will give Trump extra leverage over Putin.
38% : But Biden can do Trump a favor by shoring up the sanctions on his way out the door.
36% : When asked recently how Trump could end the war in Ukraine, Rep. Mike Waltz, the incoming national security adviser, called for secondary sanctions on buyers of Russian oil coupled with increased U.S. energy exports.
34% : There is no greater contribution Trump could make to the cause of world peace than ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
33% : But most important, it would enable Trump to credibly tell Putin that his hands are tied, and that he must agree to a deal that can pass muster in a narrowly divided Congress.
30% : To present himself as an honest broker in peace negotiations, Trump will likely be reluctant to bolster sanctions early in his presidency.
21% : It would reduce the possibility that Putin could use flattery to persuade Trump to accept a bad deal.

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