Whitaker Says Trump to Enforce Russia Oil Sanctions

President Donald Trump is moving forward with a sweeping new sanctions plan aimed at Russia, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said Tuesday.

Whitaker told Bloomberg that the focus of the administration’s plan is to cut off funding for Russia’s war machine by targeting both Russian entities and third-party buyers of Russian resources.

He said the president wants to force Moscow back to the negotiating table rather than allow the war in Ukraine to drag on indefinitely.

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