US President Donald Trump has thrown his weight behind a brand new wave of hard-hitting sanctions aimed toward isolating Russia, warning that international locations sustaining commerce ties with Moscow—and probably Iran—will probably be “very severely sanctioned.”Talking to reporters on Sunday, Trump stated he supported congressional efforts to advance more durable penalties on Russia and President Vladimir Putin. “I hear they’re doing that, and that’s okay with me,” he stated.
He added that Republicans had been “passing laws… very powerful sanctioning… on any nation doing enterprise with Russia,” noting, “They might add Iran to that… I steered it.”“So any nation that does enterprise with Russia will probably be very severely sanctioned. We could add Iran to the components,” added Trump.The administration has already imposed among the steepest tariffs on the planet, together with a 50 per cent obligation on India and a 25 per cent tariff tied to its purchases of Russian vitality.On Capitol Hill, senators are pushing for even stronger measures. A invoice launched by Senator Lindsey Graham requires a 500 per cent tariff on secondary purchases and reselling of Russian oil, a proposal with broad help within the Senate Overseas Relations Committee.Graham and Senator Richard Blumenthal have additionally put ahead the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025, which seeks secondary tariffs and sanctions on “international locations that proceed to fund Putin’s barbaric struggle in Ukraine”. The laws has secured 85 Senate cosponsors, reported PTI.In a joint assertion launched in July, the senators stated, “President Trump and his staff have made a robust transfer, implementing a brand new strategy to finish this massacre between Russia and Ukraine… Nonetheless, the last word hammer to deliver concerning the finish of this struggle will probably be tariffs towards international locations, like China, India and Brazil, that prop up Putin’s struggle machine by buying low-cost Russian oil and fuel.”