Graham lauds Trump for 'honorable and just' efforts to end war in Ukraine
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) took to social media on Saturday to laud the Trump administration's efforts to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, more than three years after the war began.
"I very much appreciate [Trump] and his team working diligently to end the war in Ukraine — that was created by [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s barbaric invasion — in an honorable and just way," Graham wrote in a post on social platform X, while referring to a recent threat of additional sanctions on Moscow from lawmakers and the White House.
"As to additional sanctions on Putin’s Russia, I have bipartisan legislation with almost 60 cosponsors that would put secondary tariffs on any country that purchases Russian oil, gas, uranium or other products," he wrote, adding, "The Senate stands ready to move in this direction and will do so overwhelmingly if Russia does not embrace an honorable, just and enduring peace."
His comments come just hours after Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Vatican City, before the two leaders........
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