Trump Threatens to Sanction Moscow

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

32% : "Based on the fact that Russia is absolutely 'pounding' Ukraine on the battlefield right now, I am strongly considering large scale Banking Sanctions, Sanctions, and Tariffs on Russia until a Cease Fire and FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ON PEACE IS REACHED," Trump posted on Truth Social.
31% : Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he still believes that Putin wants peace, adding, "I'm finding it more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine."
30% : Asked if he thinks Putin is taking advantage of the U.S. pause on military and intelligence aid to Ukraine to attack the country, Trump said, "No, I actually think he's doing what anybody else would do."
26% : Trump has so far refrained from applying any additional significant financial or military pressure on Russia, in what the U.S. president and his allies portray as an attempt to bring Moscow to the negotiating table with Kyiv.
21% : Conversely, Trump has put significant pressure on Ukraine, including by pausing U.S. military aid and intelligence-sharing as well as publicly feuding with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and calling him a "dictator.

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