According to him, Trump, obviously, understands the levers of influence better than anyone, and he would call the sanctions, which the head of the White House is going to declare the Russian Federation in case of her refusal to cease to be “destructive”.
The diplomat emphasized that the sanctions will be imposed not only against Russia, but also of those countries that conduct business with it.
“The bottom line is that Putin must sell his oil. He sells it to China. He sells it India. He sells it to Brazil. And these countries are now plunging a sufficiently significant influence due to the fact that they are doing business with Russia, and Russia will not have any friends. It will not have any trading partners. And its ability to finance this war will end,” said Waitaner.
He added that this would force Russia to eventually sit down at the negotiating table and that the world agreement is most likely “will not be perfect” for both parties, but “at the same time the murders should stop”.
Whitaker also does not believe that the tough US sanctions are brought closer to the Russian Federation and China. The ambassador emphasized that if China and Russia want to “join the world that observes the rules, does not invade other countries, does not kill or sow chaos, welcome.”
Context
On July 15, Trump said he was “very disappointed” by Putin's actions. The head of the White House threatened that if Moscow did not agree to negotiations within 50 days, the United States will be duties. “We will introduce very hard tariffs, about 100%, you call them secondary tariffs,” Trump said. On July 29, he reduced this period to 10 days.
On July 31, the head of the White House stated that he was not sure of the effectiveness of new sanctions against the Russian Federation as a way to finish the war. “I don’t know if this will affect, because he obviously wants to continue the war … I don’t know if it really affects, but we will do it,” Trump said.
On August 1, WSJ wrote that Trump threatens Putin with tariffs, but in fact, the effectiveness of US sanctions against the Russian Federation decreased significantly.
