Lindsey Graham: Donald Trump Intent On Making China Pay For Supporting Putin In Russia-Ukraine War

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At a press briefing on Thursday designating Russia and Belarus state sponsors of terrorism, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) spoke about President Trump's next steps to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, including pressuring China to end its support of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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00:00Yes, ma'am.

00:01Senator, I know you talked to the president yesterday.

00:03How was your conversation?

00:04Because by my count, it's been six months since you first started talking and pushing

00:08for this bill.

00:09When does the patience run out?

00:11Well, this bill is, I can't remember how long we've talked about this one, but this

00:15one is relatively new on people's radar screen.

00:18That's why we don't do the news conference.

00:20And back to Amy, she's the one that brought this to my attention.

00:23And, you know, I think what people understand what's going on in Russia with these kids

00:28that hopefully tonight a firestorm.

00:30So I talked to him about moving forward.

00:34He's very intent on making China pay for propping up Putin.

00:39He's in discussions with Europe.

00:41I talked to Ursula, the EU commissioner, this morning.

00:45He's trying to get Europe to do more, to follow our lead.

00:48I've heard Europeans say, well, the Chinese buy a lot of high-end goods.

00:52Too bad.

00:54We've got to let that mentality go and put China and India in a box to get Putin at the table.

01:00So he's talking to the Europeans about things they can do to up their game.

01:05I think he's got some pretty serious plans for China.

01:09And I encourage the president to, you know, that our bill would help him.

01:14That our bill would be, Congress would be, Blasey, giving him the authority to do what he's doing,

01:21which would help him in court.

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