Graham: "Turning point" coming in Ukraine war
Washington — President Trump said Monday that the U.S. will impose 100% tariffs on countries that do business with Russia if there is no peace deal to end the war in Ukraine within 50 days, unveiling his plans to implement secondary sanctions as his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin grows.
"We're going to be doing secondary tariffs if we don't have a deal within 50 days, it's very simple," Mr. Trump said in the Oval Office, alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. "And they'll be at 100%."
"We are very unhappy, I am, with Russia," the president explained.
Mr. Trump also said the U.S. would sell more weapons to NATO, which would in turn send them to Ukraine.
Some in Congress have pushed for even higher secondary sanctions.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, appearing on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Sunday, said these sanctions would give Mr. Trump a "sledgehammer" in the war with Russia. Graham is pushing legislation in the Senate that would give the president the ability to impose 500% tariffs on any country that helps Russia.
"We're going after the people who keep Putin in business, and additional sanctions on Russia itself," Graham said. "This is truly a sledgehammer available to President Trump to end this war."
Graham called this a "turning point" in the war that started when Russia invaded Ukraine in Feb. 2022.
Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C.
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