Posted on 05/22/2025 10:49:41 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Senate Majority Leader John Thune warned President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that if he does not "make a serious proposal for an immediate ceasefire" with Ukraine, the Senate will pass new sanctions against the Russian government.
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"If Russia is not willing to engage in serious diplomacy, the Senate will work with the Trump administration to consider additional sanctions to force Putin to start negotiating," Thune said Thursday.
This comes the same week Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned senators in a hearing that if "you start threatening sanctions, the Russians will stop talking."
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The bill also would set a 500% tariff on goods imported from countries that buy Russian oil.
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Some Republican senators have been urging more immediate action against Putin.
"I've waited long enough," Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) told Semafor's Burgess Everett, adding, "And it's pretty clear to me that Putin has been jerking us around for months."
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Is Thune threatening Putin, or threatening Trump? And if he is threatening Trump, good luck with that!
What about this don't you understand?
https://english.nv.ua/nation/majority-of-u-s-republicans-oppose-continued-ukraine-aid-wsj-poll-shows-50504126.html
Seventy-nine percent of Republican Party supporters in the United States oppose continuing aid to Ukraine in its defense against Russia, The Wall Street Journal reported on April 6, citing the results of its latest survey.
He's deliberating undermining Trump.
Yo Thune ! Looks like jou make de back door attack on Trump !
Jour fulla chit mon,jou don fppl Mejo...
Dots fool Mejo...
You’re a waste of time.
You're actively siding globalists over MAGA by supporting us continuing to waste money and resources in Ukraine.
Freep off.
Yeah I’m an enemy, you fake phoney Russian fraud.
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