Her comment was raised in response to the question of whether Trump supports the US Senate promotion of a bill on crushing 500 percent tariffs against the Russian Federation.
“President [США Дональд Трамп] He spoke about his position on sanctions against Russia. He reasonably kept it as an instrument in his arsenal in case of need. And I think that the Senate and everyone on the Capitol Hill respect it. The President is the Commander -in -Chief for a reason, ”said Livitt.
She emphasized that the direct negotiations that Ukraine and the Russian Federation are a great achievement of the Trump administration and that it will be ready to apply restrictions, if necessary.
“And, as you know, Russia and Ukraine held direct negotiations yesterday. Therefore, I would like to remind everyone how far we went in just four months. I mean that it was unthinkable last year that Russia and Ukraine were conducting direct negotiations. And it was thanks to the persistence and determination of the president to put an end to this war yesterday for negotiations yesterday,” said the press secretary, emphasizing that the outside was external US policy is led by the president.
The bill Lindsay Graham (Republican Party) and Richard Blmental (Democratic Party) on tough sanctions against the Russian Federation has already gained the necessary number of votes in the US Senate, which allows you to overcome the probable veto Trump and introduce restrictions, despite the position of the White House.
The media write that the idea of imposing new sanctions against the Russian Federation in the US Congress is growing. So, according to the New York Post, the introduction of sanctions against the Kremlin is supported by the speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson, who spoke out against military support to Kyiv last year. At the same time, as the media wrote, he changed his mind after familiarizing himself with the intelligence data in the situation in Ukraine and fears that the illegitimate President of Russia Vladimir Putin could go on the offensive on Europe.
“There are many members of the congress who want us to introduce as strict sanctions against Russia as possible. And I am a supporter of this,” he said.
Context
Sanctions against Russia are introduced in response to its attack on Ukraine since 2014. After a full -scale invasion of Russian troops on February 24, 2022, restrictions were significantly expanded.
Graham introduced a bill to strengthen sanctions against the Russian Federation in the Senate on April 1, 2025. On the air Fox News, announcing it, Graham stated that it should be “hellish sanctions.”
On May 27, Graham and his colleague-the Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, both close ally of Trump-said that now is the time to increase pressure in Putin.
On May 29, Reuters wrote that some Trump advisers believe that the bill may be useful, since it will make it possible to impose secondary sanctions. At the same time, Trump, in fact, can tell Putin that the decision on sanctions is outside his control, and maintain a communication line with him, an American high -ranking official told the agency.
If the bill is adopted in the Senate, in the House of Representatives they must prepare a similar two -party bill. But, as Reuters noted, the support of Ukraine among the Republicans in the House of Representatives is noticeably weaker than in the Senate.
