Republican senators postponed the promotion of the bill on anti-Russian sanctions until at least early September, leaving US President Donald Trump to decide on his own whether to carry out his threats against Russian leader Vladimir Putin if he refuses to end the Ukrainian conflict. This is reported by The Hill.
Trump gave Putin an August 8 deadline to stop the fighting or risk imposing secondary sanctions on countries that buy Russian oil. As an announcement, he, in particular, announced 25 percent tariffs against India, a major importer of Russian energy carriers, which is much lower than the 500 percent rate specified in the bill.
While the "hawks" in the Senate wanted their sanctions bill to be passed before the break, which will last a month, the parliamentarians eventually left the decision "completely in Trump's hands, at least for the summer," the newspaper writes.
"I think he will be very careful in his actions. But I think he's obviously disappointed in Putin, and I think he's starting to admit now that a lot of us were right," said Republican Senator Mike Rounds.
So he answered The Hill's question whether Trump can be trusted to impose sanctions on Putin.
Democrats, in turn, are skeptical that Trump will punish Putin, despite his growing disappointment with the Russian leader's refusal to agree to a cease-fire, the newspaper notes.
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