Without Trump's approval, the U.S. Congress will not pass a new sanctions package against Russia.

House Speaker Mike Johnson stated this today.

He said on CBS News that he would support these measures if the president approved them:

"I am convinced that emergency measures are needed in times of crisis, and the time for appropriate sanctions against Russia has long arrived. Congress has strong demands for this. Therefore, we are prepared to cooperate with our colleagues in the White House and the Senate to achieve this goal," Johnson said.

However, Trump does not want to impose new sanctions on Russia. Trump proposed a precondition for imposing new sanctions on Russia: all NATO countries should stop importing oil from Russia, and all NATO countries should impose 50%-100% tariffs on China. Obviously, this condition is impossible to achieve, almost a fantasy.

Comments: Trump has put forward an unrealistic prerequisite for sanctions, showing a clear and firm attitude. Trump is well aware that sanctioning Russia could not only harm U.S.-Russia relations but also affect the U.S. domestic energy market and relations with European allies, so he is unwilling to push for the sanctions.

NATO member states have different interests. In the energy sector, many countries such as Turkey, Hungary, and Slovakia are highly dependent on Russian oil, and stopping imports would cause great impact on their energy security and economic stability. Germany, for example, faced an energy supply crisis after the "Nord Stream" pipeline was blown up, making it difficult to cut off oil imports from Russia. Moreover, requiring NATO countries to impose such high tariffs on China not only violates international trade rules, but also harms the economic interests of NATO countries themselves in China. As the world's second-largest economy, China is an important trading partner for many NATO countries. This condition is bound to face widespread resistance and is impossible to achieve, which makes Trump's idea of pushing for sanctions against Russia based on this condition to resolve the conflict nothing more than empty talk.

Various signs indicate that Trump faces serious obstacles in both external conditions and internal coordination regarding the Ukraine-Russia conflict, and he does not have the real ability to promote the resolution of the conflict.

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