USA Trump Hesitates on New Russia Sanctions, Urges Europe to Take the Lead

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Trump Hesitates on New Russia Sanctions, Urges Europe to Take the Lead

 

At the G7 summit in Canada, U.S. President Donald Trump signaled a reluctance to impose new sanctions on Russia, pushing back against calls from European leaders for a coordinated response to Vladimir Putin’s ongoing war in Ukraine. Speaking alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Kananaskis, Alberta, Trump made it clear that he expects European nations to act first. “Well Europe is saying that, but they haven't done it yet,” he said. “Let’s see them do it first.”

 

The comments come amid mounting pressure from both the European Union and the United Kingdom to tighten restrictions on Russia, particularly by lowering the existing $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil exports. EU leaders argue that a reduced cap—possibly to $45—would further cut off funding for Moscow’s war machine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen emphasized on Sunday, “We must put more pressure on Russia to secure a real cease-fire, to bring Russia to the negotiating table and to end this war, sanctions are critical to that end.”

 

Despite these appeals, Trump resisted the push for fresh U.S. sanctions, citing the financial burden they impose. “When I sanction a country, that costs the U.S. a lot of money — a tremendous amount of money,” he said. “It's not just, let's sign a document. You're talking about billions and billions of dollars. Sanctions are not that easy. It's not just a one-way street.” He stressed the importance of continuing efforts toward peace negotiations before considering new punitive measures against Moscow.

 

While Trump’s stance has drawn criticism from European officials, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer maintained a firm tone in contrast. Without naming Trump directly, Starmer dismissed the notion that Russia holds the upper hand in the war. “Russia doesn't hold all the cards,” he stated. “We should take this moment to increase economic pressure and show President Putin it is in his — and Russia’s — interests to demonstrate he is serious about peace.”

 

Starmer’s remark appeared to allude to Trump’s controversial claim during a tense February meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the Ukrainian leader “doesn’t have the cards.” While No. 10 Downing Street downplayed the suggestion that Starmer was intentionally referencing Trump’s remark, the implication of urging stronger U.S. leadership on Russia was clear.

 

Although Trump has in recent weeks grown more publicly critical of Putin—especially as Russian strikes on Ukrainian civilians have intensified—his current posture at the G7 suggests a focus on diplomacy and domestic cost over additional economic warfare. Starmer, meanwhile, announced on Monday evening that he and other G7 leaders plan to unveil a new sanctions package targeting Russia on Tuesday, though his office declined to offer specifics.

 

As global leaders weigh their next move in countering Russian aggression, Trump’s insistence that Europe “do it first” has set the stage for a potential rift in transatlantic unity, even as the G7 summit presses forward with efforts to present a united front.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Politico  2025-06-18

 

 

[Tug]

TACO

[newbee2022]

He's a joke.

Though he's acting like a child the world has to face 3.5 years more with him.

But maybe there will be a solution in the meanwhile.

[Dan O]

5 hours ago, Social Media said:

 

Trump Hesitates on New Russia Sanctions, Urges Europe to Take the Lead

 

At the G7 summit in Canada, U.S. President Donald Trump signaled a reluctance to impose new sanctions on Russia, pushing back against calls from European leaders for a coordinated response to Vladimir Putin’s ongoing war in Ukraine. Speaking alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Kananaskis, Alberta, Trump made it clear that he expects European nations to act first. “Well Europe is saying that, but they haven't done it yet,” he said. “Let’s see them do it first.”

 

The comments come amid mounting pressure from both the European Union and the United Kingdom to tighten restrictions on Russia, particularly by lowering the existing $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil exports. EU leaders argue that a reduced cap—possibly to $45—would further cut off funding for Moscow’s war machine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen emphasized on Sunday, “We must put more pressure on Russia to secure a real cease-fire, to bring Russia to the negotiating table and to end this war, sanctions are critical to that end.”

 

Despite these appeals, Trump resisted the push for fresh U.S. sanctions, citing the financial burden they impose. “When I sanction a country, that costs the U.S. a lot of money — a tremendous amount of money,” he said. “It's not just, let's sign a document. You're talking about billions and billions of dollars. Sanctions are not that easy. It's not just a one-way street.” He stressed the importance of continuing efforts toward peace negotiations before considering new punitive measures against Moscow.

 

While Trump’s stance has drawn criticism from European officials, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer maintained a firm tone in contrast. Without naming Trump directly, Starmer dismissed the notion that Russia holds the upper hand in the war. “Russia doesn't hold all the cards,” he stated. “We should take this moment to increase economic pressure and show President Putin it is in his — and Russia’s — interests to demonstrate he is serious about peace.”

 

Starmer’s remark appeared to allude to Trump’s controversial claim during a tense February meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the Ukrainian leader “doesn’t have the cards.” While No. 10 Downing Street downplayed the suggestion that Starmer was intentionally referencing Trump’s remark, the implication of urging stronger U.S. leadership on Russia was clear.

 

Although Trump has in recent weeks grown more publicly critical of Putin—especially as Russian strikes on Ukrainian civilians have intensified—his current posture at the G7 suggests a focus on diplomacy and domestic cost over additional economic warfare. Starmer, meanwhile, announced on Monday evening that he and other G7 leaders plan to unveil a new sanctions package targeting Russia on Tuesday, though his office declined to offer specifics.

 

As global leaders weigh their next move in countering Russian aggression, Trump’s insistence that Europe “do it first” has set the stage for a potential rift in transatlantic unity, even as the G7 summit presses forward with efforts to present a united front.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Politico  2025-06-18

 

 

No surprise there. He's clearly under the foreign influence of Russia and will do nothing to penalize putin. Don't be surprise if Trump signs an Executive Order Pardoning Putin of any and all War Crimes.   

[Chomper Higgot]

Trump ought to register as a foreign agent.

 

Always backing Putin and here representing Putin at the G7.

 

 

 

[TroubleandGrumpy]

Good call Don - if the Europeans do it, then maybe follow suit. It is their war not the USA's (under the current Administration) so why should USA go first?? It all sounds like anti-Trump media fake news to me.  

[CanadaSam]

Yes, similar to Israel/Iran war, Trump wants to be the "king" and make ludicrous statements, without providing any support.

 

IF he had balls, he would take the lead, like all other US presidents have done in the past, BEFORE making statements that they were responsible for the outcome.

 

Hiding behind skirts, shouting as if he was the guy who "won" all conflicts, I truly despise this sh*t of a "man", he is a child, propped up by low intellect followers.

[roquefort]

Oh yes, sanctions haven't worked for the last three years, let's do more of the same and expect a different result this time. Definition of insanity.

[TroubleandGrumpy]

24 minutes ago, roquefort said:

Oh yes, sanctions haven't worked for the last three years, let's do more of the same and expect a different result this time. Definition of insanity.

Agree.  And what also astounds me is the total and utter ignorance of the Trump haters - in the media and in the democrat party and their supporters both in USA and worldwide.  This was not a POTUS statement you Wallies - it was Trump answering a media question - look at the photo !!  They are truly delusional and full of hatred and will respond to anything mentioned in the media - the sad lives of nasty people with no understanding of reality - they have no idea that they have been stirred up to feel the way they do for political reasons.  

[thaibreaker]

30 minutes ago, roquefort said:

Oh yes, sanctions haven't worked for the last three years, let's do more of the same and expect a different result this time. Definition of insanity.

If you think sanctions haven't worked, you haven't got a clue what you're taking about. Russian inflation, interest and so on, is going through the roof, and Russian economy is about to go to shiits. If is hasn't already. Their income of oil and gas isn't even covering their increased military expenses, and a massive part of Russian companies are having all sort of economical problems.

[spidermike007]

I know I pretend to be a big man and I know that I put up this front as being courageous, but most of you realize that I'm a major coward and I bow down to dictators and despotic regimes. Just look at my recent trip to the Middle East as a great example of that. I don't want to put sanctions on Russia because that would hurt my good buddy Vlad, and I don't want him to stop liking me. 

 

 

[thaibreaker]

1 hour ago, CanadaSam said:

Hiding behind skirts, shouting as if he was the guy who "won" all conflicts, I truly despise this sh*t of a "man", he is a child, propped up by low intellect followers.

Couldn't have said it better. And I'm "neutral", being a Norwegian.

The words he is using both on his platform Truth Social, and the official WH platform, is baffling to watch from here. Who talks like this? I'm embarrassed just by reading it. He has no empathy at all, acting like a child, calling others all kinds of bad names, crying like a baby, putting himself like the greatest person ever lived.

 

If European politicians would ever talk or write like he does, they would be gone before they could say cheese. But you Americans must think it's cool and can't see anything wrong here.

It's just mind boggling.

[TroubleandGrumpy]

The Trump hatred here on AN is strong - the sad lives of sad people. 

Feelings - all they have is feelings - reminds me of a song.

Feelings, nothing more than feelings

Trying to forget my feelings of hate

Teardrops rolling down on my face

Trying to forget my feelings of hate

Feelings, for all my life I'll feel it

I wish I had never met you
But you came back again
Feelings, whoa, oh, oh, feelings
Whoa, oh, oh, feel it again in my head

  

[roquefort]

13 minutes ago, thaibreaker said:

If you think sanctions haven't worked, you haven't got a clue what you're taking about. Russian inflation, interest and so on, is going through the roof, and Russian economy is about to go to shiits. If is hasn't already. Their income of oil and gas isn't even covering their increased military expenses, and a massive part of Russian companies are having all sort of economical problems.

Reminds me of Monty Python's Mr Creosote. Just one more wafer-thin sanction, sir?

[Harrisfan]

15 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

I know I pretend to be a big man and I know that I put up this front as being courageous, but most of you realize that I'm a major coward and I bow down to dictators and despotic regimes. Just look at my recent trip to the Middle East as a great example of that. I don't want to put sanctions on Russia because that would hurt my good buddy Vlad, and I don't want him to stop liking me. 

 

 

Big men don't whinge all day long. 

[Hamus Yaigh]

1 hour ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

Good call Don - if the Europeans do it, then maybe follow suit. It is their war not the USA's

Typical dumb retort from across the pond that Trump thrives on to get the vote. You must be so proud of yourself.

 

Fact is its just as much USA's war and Europe's war and indeed the rest of the world's war. People don't lead isolationist lives anymore since we evolved from sailing ships and cowboys the USA Wild West. Its an interdependent world that works better when there is no war burning away money in any part of it.

[Bannoi]

https://swalwell.house.gov/issues/russia-trump-his-administration-s-ties

 

[TroubleandGrumpy]

3 minutes ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

Typical dumb retort from across the pond that Trump thrives on to get the vote. You must be so proud of yourself.

Fact is its just as much USA's war and Europe's war and indeed the rest of the world's war. People don't lead isolationist lives anymore since we evolved from sailing ships and cowboys the USA Wild West. Its an interdependent world that works better when there is no war burning away money in any part of it.

The hate is deep in you mate - you truly believe all the lies the media spews out about Trump and about the Ukraine war - that is very sad. You probably still believe the lies about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars too - 6 times fully vaccinated are we too?   'Isolationist Lives' - read that is a gender studies or a feminist agenda book maybe?? 

[Watawattana]

Yeah, maybe Europe & the UK should take a bit of a lead this time.  I've no issue with that.  USA can decide if they want to follow or not, support or not, it's up to USA Government to decide.

[Dan O]

2 hours ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

Good call Don - if the Europeans do it, then maybe follow suit. It is their war not the USA's (under the current Administration) so why should USA go first?? It all sounds like anti-Trump media fake news to me.  

What it sounds like is Trump waffling again on claims he made about 1 week ago to hold putin accountable for not wanting to stop the war or enter a peace agreement 

[bamnutsak]

Profile in Courage...

 

Not.

 

 

[Summerinsiam]

I am sure Putin is quaking in his boots at he prospect of an eighteenth round of sanctions. Sanctions rarely work and in this case have been a huge failure. They, despite the clueless European's, disengenuous rhetoric will not end the war. Russia has reponded by finding new markets for its oil and gas in the global south. All the sanctions have succeeded in is driving Russia to put its economy on a war footing and driving it into the arms of China and North Korea.

[johnnybangkok]

1 hour ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

 you truly believe all the lies the media spews out about Trump 

We don't need to 'believe' anything - it's literally coming out of his mouth or we can read it from some deranged 3 am rant on his so called Truth Social.

 

You Trump apologists keep blaming the MSM when the reality is Trump does most of the heavy lifting himself - with this being a perfect example - did he or did he not say '“Well Europe is saying that, but they haven't done it yet, let’s see them do it first'? No one is putting these words into his mouth (unless you include Putin), so where are the 'lies'?

[TroubleandGrumpy]

19 minutes ago, Dan O said:

What it sounds like is Trump waffling again on claims he made about 1 week ago to hold putin accountable for not wanting to stop the war or enter a peace agreement 

Trump was answering a media scrum question - it was a good answer and not the BS rhetoric coming out from people who want to war to continue or escalate.  Real leaders do not deal with things through the media - that is how woke liberal leaders do it - as per all the Democrats making media statements about the anti-ICE riots and Trump using the National Guard.  Trump could offer to give everyone 100,000 dollars and some people would find a reason to hate him for it.  

[xylophone]

9 minutes ago, Dan O said:

What it sounds like is Trump waffling again on claims he made about 1 week ago to hold putin accountable for not wanting to stop the war or enter a peace agreement 

But, but, but if I am elected President I will stop the war in 24 hours.......yeah right, trump, how did that work out?

So he wasn't able to stop the war by speaking to his buddy Putin and Putin played him like a puppet, and he wasn't able to stop Israel from bombing Iran, and his buddy Benjamin went ahead and did it, despite the poor old orange clown warning him against it.

 

It becomes quite obvious to all but the MAGA goobers that the man is a very weak and dumb man who is played by just about everybody. He even argues with his own appointees, when Tulsi Gabbard said that the intelligence community did not believe that Iran was actively building nuclear weapons – – his response was, "I don't care what she said, I think they were very close to having them". Harmony amongst the dumb no less. LOL.

 

So will there be new sanctions on Russia, when he has had the opportunity to enforce them some time ago, not if TACO trump is in charge.

[TroubleandGrumpy]

1 minute ago, johnnybangkok said:

We don't need to 'believe' anything - it's literally coming out of his mouth or we can read it from some deranged 3 am rant on his so called Truth Social.

 

You Trump apologists keep blaming the MSM when the reality is Trump does most of the heavy lifting himself - with this being a perfect example - did he or did he not say '“Well Europe is saying that, but they haven't done it yet, let’s see them do it first'? No one is putting these words into his mouth (unless you include Putin), so where are the 'lies'?

Your cognitive bias means you cannot see all the lies and contradictions and the hypocrisy.

I can - and it is evident on both sides - like all rational people - but far more from the left. 

I dont read or watch Truth Social or Facebook or Twitter - it is all BS - from both sides. 

[johnnybangkok]

6 minutes ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

Your cognitive bias means you cannot see all the lies and contradictions and the hypocrisy.

I can - and it is evident on both sides - like all rational people - but far more from the left. 

I dont read or watch Truth Social or Facebook or Twitter - it is all BS - from both sides. 

Well at least we agree on some things but my point is you can't keep blaming MSM when the man himself is either saying it or tweeting it.

 

And I don't have cognitive bias - I have reality bias - which means I look at many sources before coming to an opinion but again I will say, words have meaning and impact, especially if it's coming from the POTUS and Trump has a VERY bad tendency to talk first and think later. Not the kind of quality I look for in the leader of the free world.  

[Chomper Higgot]

2 hours ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

The Trump hatred here on AN is strong - the sad lives of sad people. 

Feelings - all they have is feelings - reminds me of a song.

Feelings, nothing more than feelings

Trying to forget my feelings of hate

Teardrops rolling down on my face

Trying to forget my feelings of hate

Feelings, for all my life I'll feel it

I wish I had never met you
But you came back again
Feelings, whoa, oh, oh, feelings
Whoa, oh, oh, feel it again in my head

  

I’ll tell you my definition of a sad person living a sad life; someone who looks up to convicted felon, serial liar, racist and  treasonous pish bag wearing Trump as a hero.

 

How utterly must one have failed in one’s own life to have arrived at such a depressed elevation from which it’s even possible to be able look up to Trump?!

 

He’s the epitome of failure’s Alpha.

 

[Geir Rasch]

3 hours ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

Good call Don - if the Europeans do it, then maybe follow suit. It is their war not the USA's (under the current Administration) so why should USA go first?? It all sounds like anti-Trump media fake news to me.  

USA like to see themself as the leader of the free world. This act is an abdicating from that.  May be time to find a more reliable partner for that role.

[Chomper Higgot]

40 minutes ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

Your cognitive bias means you cannot see all the lies and contradictions and the hypocrisy.

I can - and it is evident on both sides - like all rational people - but far more from the left. 

I dont read or watch Truth Social or Facebook or Twitter - it is all BS - from both sides. 

This isn’t about ‘both sides’ of which you make false equivalence.

 

It’s about Trump, who is very clearly owned by Putin.