“He has been patient, and that may have been misinterpreted by some people. And I think the time for misinterpretation is now over,” she said, noting that sanctions and secondary sanctions are in Trump’s “toolbox.”
It is up to the president to sanction countries that benefit from buying Russian oil.
“There are many things that he can – he can do, just as there are many things that Secretary Rubio can do and help facilitate. But the President himself mentioned those two dynamics.”
On July 28, Trump said he was “very disappointed” in Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and planned to shorten the 50-day deadline he had previously set for Moscow to agree to end the war.
He declared that the new deadline for Russia would be “10 or 12 days.”
Earlier, Trump had threatened to impose 100% tariffs on Russian goods and introduce secondary sanctions on countries that continue purchasing Russian oil if Moscow refuses to strike a deal.