Trump threatens Russia with sanctions, pushes for peace agreement with Ukraine

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : "President Trump is adamant that we need to get everybody to the table, and we could do that with carrots and we can do that with sticks," Hassett said.
45% : "To Russia and Ukraine, get to the table right now, before it is too late," Trump said.
44% : Trump pushed both nations to pick up the pace of peace talks, saying in a social media post that he was "strongly considering" large-scale banking restrictions, sanctions and tariffs on Russia until a peace deal is secured.
31% : The relationship between the U.S. and Ukraine was thrown into chaos after a meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy went south, with the U.S. pausing and putting military assistance under review.
29% : Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, told reporters at the White House on Friday that Trump is trying to get everyone to the negotiating table with incentives or penalties.
27% : Zelenskyy laid out similar terms for a ceasefire earlier in the week in a post meant to cool tensions with Trump, with whom he had been feuding since a spat in the Oval Office last Friday.
18% : Trump issued Russian President Vladimir Putin an ultimatum two days after taking office to make a deal or pay a hefty economic price.
16% : Trump said then that he'd put all manner of economic penalties on anything sold by Russia and vaguely threatened secondary punishment against countries who do business with Moscow. Russia pummeled Ukraine with missiles overnight, damaging energy infrastructure in the attack and leading to a renewed call from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a ceasefire.

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