Breaking News: "Putin doesn't care about sanctions. No sanctions have worked. He evades sanctions. He lives a luxurious life."
This is what U.S. Republican Senator Lindsay Graham said in an interview today.
Now, the new measures of the Trump administration no longer directly target Russia and Putin, but instead focus on countries such as Brazil, India, and China that purchase Russian oil.
Comments: The Trump administration is unable to handle Russia, so it shifts the target of sanctions to countries that buy Russian oil, reflecting that the United States has run out of ideas in its sanctions against Russia. Targeting countries such as Brazil, India, and China essentially aims to achieve sanction goals by cutting off Russia's oil exports, but this measure faces numerous challenges. The energy cooperation between these countries and Russia is based on their own energy security and economic interests, and they will not easily give up cooperation due to American threats. Moreover, this move by the United States may cause chaos in the international trade order, harm its trade relations with these countries, exacerbate global economic instability, and weaken the credibility of the United States in the international community, seen as an abuse of hegemony.
In addition, the Trump administration is indecisive between sanctions and peace talks, wanting to force Russia to comply through sanctions while also trying to push for peace negotiations. This contradictory attitude has made Trump, who previously claimed he would solve the issue within 48 hours of taking office, ineffective in the Ukraine-Russia war, with the war continuing without a moment's respite.
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