Enough Is Enough! GOP Sen. Grassley Demands Action From President Trump on Putin

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley is calling on President Donald Trump to sanction Russia after the Kremlin launched a large-scale assault involving drones and missiles against Ukraine over the weekend.

A fed-up Grassley requested on his X account On Monday, Trump was set to proceed. punitive action against Russian President Vladimir Putin for his continued aggression in Ukraine.

I've had enough of Putin killing innocent ppl . President Trump should at least impose sanctions," Grassley wrote.

Previously, he has condemned Putin and indicated that Russia is treating the U.S. as a pawn while it pursues its aggressive advances into Ukraine.

His remarks were made shortly after Russia carried out its biggest air assault of the conflict with Ukraine.

Trump — who has asserted that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine wouldn’t have occurred if he were president and boasted he could stop the war within 24 hours — has become more vocal against Putin following the Russian leader ignoring his efforts to de-escalate tensions earlier this year.

The president has suggested that Putin has become "completely" insane lately, claiming that "some change has occurred with him."

He is 'unnecessarily taking many lives, including civilians. I'm not only referring to soldiers; missiles and drones are being fired into Ukrainian cities without any justification,' Trump shared on Monday, seemingly disregarding his own past actions. Russia's attacks on civilian areas ever since the start of the conflict.

In 2023, A Russian missile struck and demolished a nine-story apartment block. in Dnipro, Ukraine, resulting in 46 fatalities, including six children , and injured another 80. This devastation left roughly 400 individuals without homes.

Trump indicated that Putin might have ambitions to control the entire territory of Ukraine.

"I've consistently maintained that he aims for all of Ukraine, not merely a portion, and perhaps this proves accurate; however, should he achieve that, it could result in Russia's demise!" he posted on Truth Social.

Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesperson, addressing Trump's recent indignation towards Putin, dismissed the president's worries as an instance of "emotional overload."

Trump has been attempting to persuade Putin to consent to a swift 30-day truce — a proposal that the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky supports – however, Putin has declined to participate until additional specifics of a suggested truce have been outlined.

Some U.S. legislators, such as Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia, have voiced opposition to America’s aid provided to Ukraine.

Grassley, who serves as the president pro tempore Of the Senate, has voiced criticism towards Putin and Russia, and urged Trump to impose the "strictest possible sanctions" on Putin earlier this month.

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