Trump weighs new sanctions on Russia, days after pausing military...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : Trump is sending Secretary of State Marco Rubio, national security adviser Mike Waltz and special envoy Steve Witkoff to Saudi Arabia next week to meet with Ukrainian officials.
54% : Trump, days into his second, nonconsecutive White House term, said targeting Russia´s oil revenue was the best way to get Moscow to end its nearly three-year war against Ukraine.
50% : "President Trump is adamant that we need to get everybody to the table, and we could do that with carrots, and we could do that with sticks," Hassett said.
47% : Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform, said he was considering the action "based on the fact that Russia is absolutely 'pounding' Ukraine on the battlefield right now."
47% : He leaned in on the idea that OPEC+, the alliance of oil producing nations, holds the key to ending the war by reducing oil prices.
45% : "To Russia and Ukraine, get to the table right now, before it is too late," Trump added in his post. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at the Economic Club of New York on Thursday that the U.S. has kept its sanctions in place on Russia and "will not hesitate to go all in should it provide leverage in peace negotiations.
32% : "I think he´s doing what anybody else would," Trump said of Putin.
32% : "It may be easier dealing with Russia, which is surprising, because they have all the cards, and they´re bombing the hell out of them right now," Trump said.
29% : But Trump, in an exchange with reporters, shrugged off the notion that Putin is taking advantage of the intelligence pause to inflict more pain on Ukraine.
24% : And Trump again questioned whether Zelenskyy is committed to getting a peace agreement to end the conflict.
24% : "Putin went through a hell of a lot with me," Trump told President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during last week's contentious Oval Office meeting that led to Trump pausing aid and intelligence with Ukraine.
22% : Trump has had a complicated history with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
18% : The sanctions threat came as Trump faces criticism for increasing pressure on Ukraine to reach a deal while playing down or even denying Russia´s responsibility for starting the war with its invasion three years ago.

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