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🇺🇸🇷🇺U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has announced a major legislative breakthrough, confirming that Congress and the White House have finalized an aggressive, veto-proof sanctions package designed to economically strangle the Russian Federation. Speaking directly from Capitol Hill, the veteran Republican senator revealed that high-level negotiations with the White House successfully...

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‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦 The war in Ukraine could be ended in the coming months under certain conditions, – Senator Lindsey Graham. ▪️U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham stated that the White House supports a coordinated version of the bill on new sanctions against Russia. ▪️According to the senator, the agreement reached makes it possible to expect the document to be passed as law. ▪️Graham noted that the bill provides the President of the United States with the authority to impose additional tariffs and restrictions on countries that continue to purchase Russian oil and gas. ▪️In addition, the document proposes the possibility of applying restrictive measures against foreign states and companies that, according to Washington, contribute to circumventing existing sanctions against Russia.
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‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦 The war in Ukraine could be ended in the coming months under certain conditions, – Senator Lindsey Graham. ▪️U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham stated that the White House supports a coordinated version of the bill on new sanctions against Russia. ▪️According to the senator, the agreement reached makes it possible to expect the document to be passed as law. ▪️Graham noted that the bill provides the President of the United States with the authority to impose additional tariffs and restrictions on countries that continue to purchase Russian oil and gas. ▪️In addition, the document proposes the possibility of applying restrictive measures against foreign states and companies that, according to Washington, contribute to circumventing existing sanctions against Russia.

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Lindsey Graham demands aggressive economic sanctions to dismantle Putin’s war machine, saying it’s time to hit the Russian regime where it hurts. He declares that Congress won’t wait any longer—lawmakers will now take charge and pressure Moscow into a peace agreement. Believing Putin has abandoned any pursuit of peace, Graham says the only option left is to flip the script and challenge Russia’s game plan head-on.
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Lindsey Graham demands aggressive economic sanctions to dismantle Putin’s war machine, saying it’s time to hit the Russian regime where it hurts. He declares that Congress won’t wait any longer—lawmakers will now take charge and pressure Moscow into a peace agreement. Believing Putin has abandoned any pursuit of peace, Graham says the only option left is to flip the script and challenge Russia’s game plan head-on.

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White House: President Trump wants to personally make decisions on sanctions against Russia. U.S. President intends to take full control over the future course of sanctions policy against Russia, White House Press-Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated. "President Trump has been in very close communication with his friends in the Senate, particularly Senator Lindsey Graham, on this issue. He has always maintained he's the Commander-in-Chief and the President for a reason, and he has been deeply involved in this conflict since the beginning. And so any decisions that are made with respect to sanctions, the President wants to reserve that authority and that right to himself," she said.
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White House: President Trump wants to personally make decisions on sanctions against Russia. U.S. President intends to take full control over the future course of sanctions policy against Russia, White House Press-Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated. "President Trump has been in very close communication with his friends in the Senate, particularly Senator Lindsey Graham, on this issue. He has always maintained he's the Commander-in-Chief and the President for a reason, and he has been deeply involved in this conflict since the beginning. And so any decisions that are made with respect to sanctions, the President wants to reserve that authority and that right to himself," she said.

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"Trump says he won't sign the major housing bill until Congress passes the SAVE Act. The CBDC ban until 2030 was included in that bill" "Remember when I told you the housing act that had the CBDC ban built into it had passed with flying colors, bipartisan, and was going to Trump's desk to be signed? Trump now says he won't sign it until Congress passes the SAVE Act" "The SAVE Act is voter registration and voter ID. So he is holding hostage a bill that was extremely important for housing, with bipartisan support on a level we've rarely seen in the House or the Senate" "The CBDC ban until 2030 was included in that. As an update, right now that is not being signed into law. We'll see what happens there"
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Good meeting with U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham Lindsey Graham in Kyiv. This is already his 10th visit to our country, and we appreciate this support. I'm grateful to Lindsey for recognizing our warriors. The stronger Ukraine is on the battlefield, the greater the chances that diplomacy will ultimately succeed. And right now, it is important that our long-range sanctions pressure on Russia be reinforced through new sanctions steps by our partners. Lindsey briefed me on the work underway in Congress on the relevant bill. We also discussed our urgent air defense needs to protect our people. During the NATO Summit in Ankara, President Trump and I reached political agreements on licensing the production of Patriots in Ukraine. It is now crucial to implement all of this at the team level. I thank the United States, the President, and Congress for bipartisan and consistent support from both chambers.
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Good meeting with U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham Lindsey Graham in Kyiv. This is already his 10th visit to our country, and we appreciate this support. I'm grateful to Lindsey for recognizing our warriors. The stronger Ukraine is on the battlefield, the greater the chances that diplomacy will ultimately succeed. And right now, it is important that our long-range sanctions pressure on Russia be reinforced through new sanctions steps by our partners. Lindsey briefed me on the work underway in Congress on the relevant bill. We also discussed our urgent air defense needs to protect our people. During the NATO Summit in Ankara, President Trump and I reached political agreements on licensing the production of Patriots in Ukraine. It is now crucial to implement all of this at the team level. I thank the United States, the President, and Congress for bipartisan and consistent support from both chambers.

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During the apartheid era (1948–1994), the United States government maintained a complex and often contradictory relationship with the South African regime. Initially, U.S. foreign policy prioritized Cold War strategy over human rights, viewing apartheid South Africa as a reliable anti-communist ally in Africa. From the Truman to the Reagan administrations, American leaders emphasized "constructive engagement," favoring quiet diplomacy over economic sanctions. This approach allowed major U.S. corporations to continue operating in South Africa, providing vital economic support to the apartheid state. Despite growing domestic and international pressure, the U.S. resisted stringent sanctions until the 1980s. Grassroots movements, student activism, and congressional lobbying eventually led to the passage of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, which was signed into law despite President Ronald Reagan's veto. This legislation marked a significant shift in U.S. policy and imposed sweeping economic sanctions on South Africa, including bans on new investment and imports of certain goods. While the U.S. government had long avoided direct confrontation with the apartheid regime, the 1986 sanctions played a pivotal role in isolating it economically and politically. The international community increasingly condemned apartheid as a crime against humanity, and the U.S. ultimately aligned itself with this global consensus. The pressure contributed to the dismantling of apartheid and the peaceful transition to democracy in 1994.

LambChip

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Today I voted to ban Members of Congress from selling and trading individual stocks. But House Republicans took a broadly nonpartisan issue and inserted politics—provisions from the Save America Act. I’ve voted against these voter ID provisions repeatedly and Senate Republicans have made clear this has no path in the Senate. But with how hard it is to get Congress to govern itself, this is the best chance we have to enact a stock ban. It’s vital to start the work of restoring trust in Congress. With this bill passing the House, I am hopeful the Senate will see how important this work is, and send back to the House a clean version without voter ID provisions that can become law.
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Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

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LINDSEY GRAHAM THINKS HE IS PRESIDENT! WANTS TO DESTROY RUSSIA and put 500% TARIFFS on CHINA or anyone doing business with RUSSIA! How does this help USA citizens? It just destroys 135M Russians. HE SHOULD BE ARRESTED VIOLATION OF HATCH ACT! Lindsey Graham demands aggressive economic sanctions to dismantle Putin’s war machine, saying it’s time to hit the Russian regime where it hurts. He declares that Congress won’t wait any longer—lawmakers will now take charge and pressure Moscow into a peace agreement. Believing Putin has abandoned any pursuit of peace, Graham says the only option left is to flip the script and challenge Russia’s game plan head-on. Shadow of Ezra
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LINDSEY GRAHAM THINKS HE IS PRESIDENT! WANTS TO DESTROY RUSSIA and put 500% TARIFFS on CHINA or anyone doing business with RUSSIA! How does this help USA citizens? It just destroys 135M Russians. HE SHOULD BE ARRESTED VIOLATION OF HATCH ACT! Lindsey Graham demands aggressive economic sanctions to dismantle Putin’s war machine, saying it’s time to hit the Russian regime where it hurts. He declares that Congress won’t wait any longer—lawmakers will now take charge and pressure Moscow into a peace agreement. Believing Putin has abandoned any pursuit of peace, Graham says the only option left is to flip the script and challenge Russia’s game plan head-on. Shadow of Ezra

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🚨🇺🇸🇻🇪 "THE U.S. ALSO WANTS TO ELIMINATE THE INFLUENCE OF RUSSIA, CHINA, AND IRAN IN VENEZUELA" Former CIA Intel Analyst Larry Johnson says it’s not just about oil deals or Maduro cutting a bargain with Washington. He argues the bigger U.S. goal is to push Russia, China, and Iran out of Venezuela’s orbit, and to stop Caracas from drifting into BRICS and away from a U.S.-dollar-led system. In his view, if Venezuela moves into a different economic lane, the U.S. loses one of its main power tools: sanctions and financial pressure. "The U.S. also wants to eliminate the presence, the influence of Russia, China, and Iran. They have had good relations, cordial relations with Maduro. Maduro has been making sounds of wanting to join BRICS, and I think the U.S. definitely wants to curtail that. Because that’ll just be another important country in this hemisphere that is moving away from the U.S. dollar-controlled economy into something that the U.S. can no longer use economic sanctions and coercion to try to enforce certain behaviors on countries." Larry Johnson
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🚨🇺🇸🇻🇪 "THE U.S. ALSO WANTS TO ELIMINATE THE INFLUENCE OF RUSSIA, CHINA, AND IRAN IN VENEZUELA" Former CIA Intel Analyst Larry Johnson says it’s not just about oil deals or Maduro cutting a bargain with Washington. He argues the bigger U.S. goal is to push Russia, China, and Iran out of Venezuela’s orbit, and to stop Caracas from drifting into BRICS and away from a U.S.-dollar-led system. In his view, if Venezuela moves into a different economic lane, the U.S. loses one of its main power tools: sanctions and financial pressure. "The U.S. also wants to eliminate the presence, the influence of Russia, China, and Iran. They have had good relations, cordial relations with Maduro. Maduro has been making sounds of wanting to join BRICS, and I think the U.S. definitely wants to curtail that. Because that’ll just be another important country in this hemisphere that is moving away from the U.S. dollar-controlled economy into something that the U.S. can no longer use economic sanctions and coercion to try to enforce certain behaviors on countries." Larry Johnson

Mario Nawfal

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In 2014, Senator Chris Murphy bragged about the United States successfully overthrowing Ukraine's government: "I think it was our role, including sanctions and threats of sanctions, that forced, in part, Yanukovych from office." "We have not sat on the sidelines. We have been very much involved. Members of the Senate have been there. Members of the State Department have been on the Square." "The Obama administration passed sanctions. The Senate was prepared to pass its own set of sanctions, and as I've said, I think that the clear position of the United States has, in part, been what has helped lead to this change in regime." "If, ultimately, this is a peaceful transition to a new government in Ukraine, it will be the U.S. on the streets of Ukraine who will be seen as a great friend in helping make that transition happen." "There is a U.S. interest here. We are in the middle of negotiating a new trade agreement with Europe. To my state, it's enormously important. We do 40% of our trade in Connecticut with Europe." "If Ukraine is part of the EU and thus is part of this new trade agreement with the United States, that could result in billions of dollars in new economic opportunities for the U.S." "So, we do have an economic interest in Ukraine being a part of the EU, and we shouldn't be shy about making that interest clear."
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In 2014, Senator Chris Murphy bragged about the United States successfully overthrowing Ukraine's government: "I think it was our role, including sanctions and threats of sanctions, that forced, in part, Yanukovych from office." "We have not sat on the sidelines. We have been very much involved. Members of the Senate have been there. Members of the State Department have been on the Square." "The Obama administration passed sanctions. The Senate was prepared to pass its own set of sanctions, and as I've said, I think that the clear position of the United States has, in part, been what has helped lead to this change in regime." "If, ultimately, this is a peaceful transition to a new government in Ukraine, it will be the U.S. on the streets of Ukraine who will be seen as a great friend in helping make that transition happen." "There is a U.S. interest here. We are in the middle of negotiating a new trade agreement with Europe. To my state, it's enormously important. We do 40% of our trade in Connecticut with Europe." "If Ukraine is part of the EU and thus is part of this new trade agreement with the United States, that could result in billions of dollars in new economic opportunities for the U.S." "So, we do have an economic interest in Ukraine being a part of the EU, and we shouldn't be shy about making that interest clear."

KanekoaTheGreat

18,646,360 views • 1 year ago

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ Donald Trump is changing course on Iran, ordering his senior representatives to halt negotiations with Tehran as Washington prepares to replace stop-and-start diplomacy with a longer campaign of sustained economic and military pressure. According to CNN, the administration is simultaneously moving away from the idea of immediately launching another massive wave of strikes. Instead, Trump wants to gradually “strangle” Iran through economic isolation and sustained military pressure, steadily increasing the cost for Tehran while denying it the relief it seeks. The objective is to weaken Iran’s position over time until its leadership becomes more willing to accept Washington’s conditions. CNN had previously reported that the administration was preparing a broader “economic isolation” strategy against Iran. This represents a shift in method rather than a reduction in pressure. Washington appears to be betting that Iran can be forced into concessions without immediately committing the U.S. to another expensive round of large-scale warfare. The strategy gives Trump room to preserve military escalation as a later option while sanctions, the blockade and economic pressure steadily erode Tehran’s ability to sustain the confrontation. The crucial question is whether Iran bends first, or decides that renewed escalation is preferable to being slowly squeezed. See the latest updates with us: Visioner
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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ Donald Trump is changing course on Iran, ordering his senior representatives to halt negotiations with Tehran as Washington prepares to replace stop-and-start diplomacy with a longer campaign of sustained economic and military pressure. According to CNN, the administration is simultaneously moving away from the idea of immediately launching another massive wave of strikes. Instead, Trump wants to gradually “strangle” Iran through economic isolation and sustained military pressure, steadily increasing the cost for Tehran while denying it the relief it seeks. The objective is to weaken Iran’s position over time until its leadership becomes more willing to accept Washington’s conditions. CNN had previously reported that the administration was preparing a broader “economic isolation” strategy against Iran. This represents a shift in method rather than a reduction in pressure. Washington appears to be betting that Iran can be forced into concessions without immediately committing the U.S. to another expensive round of large-scale warfare. The strategy gives Trump room to preserve military escalation as a later option while sanctions, the blockade and economic pressure steadily erode Tehran’s ability to sustain the confrontation. The crucial question is whether Iran bends first, or decides that renewed escalation is preferable to being slowly squeezed. See the latest updates with us: Visioner

Visioner

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump just declared economic war on anyone keeping Iran alive. There's just one HUGE problem: China. Trump's “Economic D-Day” is an attempt to financially isolate Iran on a scale Washington says has never been attempted before. And Treasury Sec. Bessent made the objective brutally clear: They want to collapse the Iranian regime. That means targeting not just Iran, but the countries, banks and businesses that continue trading with it. Which brings Washington directly into collision with Beijing. China buys the overwhelming majority of Iran's shipped oil. So if Trump genuinely intends to economically strangle Tehran, eventually he has to answer the question everyone is asking: What happens when China refuses to stop? He faces two choices: Don't enforce the sanctions aggressively against China, and Tehran retains the economic lifeline Washington is trying to sever. Enforce them, and what began as an economic war against Iran starts becoming an economic confrontation with the world's second-largest economy. And China isn't Iran. Beijing has economic weapons of its own: Rare earths, manufacturing, critical supply chains, and, crucially, an alternative financial architecture it's spent years developing precisely because it never wanted Washington to possess a permanent veto over Chinese commerce. That's the part of this story that could become far more consequential than whatever happens in Hormuz. America's greatest economic weapon isn't an aircraft carrier, it's the dollar. Access to the dollar system gives Washington an extraordinary ability to punish governments, banks and companies almost anywhere on Earth. But that power only remains overwhelming for as long as the rest of the world has no viable alternative. Every time Washington weaponises it, it creates another incentive to build one. And Trump is now threatening to demonstrate that vulnerability on an enormous scale. China doesn't need to overthrow the dollar tomorrow; it just needs enough infrastructure to continue trading when Washington says: Stop, or else. And once that infrastructure exists, other countries gain access to the same insurance policy. Trump's war on Iran exposed the limits of American military power. His economic war may be about to expose the limits of America's financial power too. Brandon Weichert
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump just declared economic war on anyone keeping Iran alive. There's just one HUGE problem: China. Trump's “Economic D-Day” is an attempt to financially isolate Iran on a scale Washington says has never been attempted before. And Treasury Sec. Bessent made the objective brutally clear: They want to collapse the Iranian regime. That means targeting not just Iran, but the countries, banks and businesses that continue trading with it. Which brings Washington directly into collision with Beijing. China buys the overwhelming majority of Iran's shipped oil. So if Trump genuinely intends to economically strangle Tehran, eventually he has to answer the question everyone is asking: What happens when China refuses to stop? He faces two choices: Don't enforce the sanctions aggressively against China, and Tehran retains the economic lifeline Washington is trying to sever. Enforce them, and what began as an economic war against Iran starts becoming an economic confrontation with the world's second-largest economy. And China isn't Iran. Beijing has economic weapons of its own: Rare earths, manufacturing, critical supply chains, and, crucially, an alternative financial architecture it's spent years developing precisely because it never wanted Washington to possess a permanent veto over Chinese commerce. That's the part of this story that could become far more consequential than whatever happens in Hormuz. America's greatest economic weapon isn't an aircraft carrier, it's the dollar. Access to the dollar system gives Washington an extraordinary ability to punish governments, banks and companies almost anywhere on Earth. But that power only remains overwhelming for as long as the rest of the world has no viable alternative. Every time Washington weaponises it, it creates another incentive to build one. And Trump is now threatening to demonstrate that vulnerability on an enormous scale. China doesn't need to overthrow the dollar tomorrow; it just needs enough infrastructure to continue trading when Washington says: Stop, or else. And once that infrastructure exists, other countries gain access to the same insurance policy. Trump's war on Iran exposed the limits of American military power. His economic war may be about to expose the limits of America's financial power too. Brandon Weichert

Mario Nawfal

534,140 views • 3 days ago