After the latest attacks on Ukraine, Senator Grassley called on Trump to impose new sanctions against Russia
The longtime Iowa senator, and current chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, weighed in on his social media about the recent bombings.
Grassley on Capitol Hill/Greg Nash
Chuck Grassley (R-IO) demanded that Donald Trump impose tougher sanctions against Vladimir Putin. The longtime Iowa senator, and current chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, weighed in on social media about the recent Russian attacks against Ukraine, which hit some 30 cities and towns over the weekend, leaving at least 12 dead.
Grassley, who warned back in April that the Russian leader was "playing America as a scapegoat," made the claim after Russia launched its biggest airstrike against Ukraine since the start of the war in February 2022.
"I've had enough of Putin killing innocent people. President Trump, take action. AT LEAST SANCTIONS," the senator wrote on his X account.
In the past, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee referred to Putin as a "dictator" who wants to rebuild the Soviet Union again. "All the way back in 2005, Vladimir Putin said, 'The demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.' Now, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has launched the largest war in Europe since World War II. If not stopped now, it will only expand until U.S. allies and U.S. troops are dragged in. Senator Grassley wants to prevent that from happening," his website reads.
Trump v. Putin: "He's gone absolutely crazy"
He commented, "I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY! He is needlessly killing a lot of people, and I’m not just talking about soldiers. Missiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine for no reason whatsoever. I’ve always said that he wants ALL of Ukraine, not just a piece of it, and maybe that’s proving to be right, but if he does, it will lead to the downfall of Russia!"
The president also charged his Russian counterpart while speaking to reporters in New Jersey. Indeed, he expressed surprise at Russia's attitude in this phase of the war: "I don't like what Putin is doing, not even a little bit. He's killing people. Something happened to this guy, and I don't like it."
The Kremlin's response came from Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman. In his remarks, he expressed gratitude to the Trump Administration for its efforts to end the war, although he remarked that this "crucial" moment came with an "emotional overload of absolutely everyone and with emotional reactions."
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