President’s Statement from White House Lawn Signals Intensified U.S. Economic Pressure; Treasury Secretary Bessent Confirms Plans for a Unified Front with E.U.

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he is prepared to move to a “second phase” of sanctions against Russia, a declaration made just hours after Russia conducted its largest aerial attack on Ukraine since the war began.

Speaking to reporters on the White House lawn before his departure for the U.S. Open, the president’s “yes” to a question on the new sanctions signaled an abrupt shift in tone following a recent peace summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

While Trump did not specify the details of the new measures, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent , in a separate interview on NBC’s Meet the Press , provided cla

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