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Trump losing patience with Putin but has yet to decide on sanctions — Politico
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U.S. President Donald Trump has signaled that he is losing patience with Russian President Vladimir Putin, though no decision has yet been made about next steps, Politico reported, citing several U.S. officials.
“Putin is getting dangerously close to burning the golden bridge that Trump has set out before him,” one official told the outlet. Still, four administration sources said a decision on imposing tougher sanctions against Russia has yet to be made.
“I am now very, very skeptical that Trump will ever apply any serious sanctions or measures on Russia,” said Kurt Volker, who served as U.S. special envoy to Ukraine during Trump’s first term. “He has had so many opportunities to do it and he has always ducked,” he added.
Trump’s rhetoric about Putin has grown noticeably sharper in recent days. On May 25, following a major Russian strike on Ukraine, he criticized Putin for “needlessly killing a lot of people” and said he believed the Russian president had “gone absolutely CRAZY.” On May 27, Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, that Putin was “playing with fire.”
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