It’s time for President Donald Trump to remind Russian President Vladimir Putin who holds the cards in the negotiations for a ceasefire with Ukraine, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie told Newsmax on Friday.
“We can now tighten the screws on Putin,” Wilkie commented on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.” “If Putin doesn’t come to the table, his economy will be wrecked, as it was in the first Trump administration.”
He added that the United States is starting to flood Europe with natural gas and oil that will wean them away from Russian oil.
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