Sen. Blumenthal: Trump’s Credibility Will Be Damaged If He Fails to Follow Through Today on Russia Deadline

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BLUMENTHAL: "Absolutely. I believe that his credibility will be damaged if he fails to follow through today on this deadline. There is no excuse for succumbing to this Putin ploy. The president has demonstrated that he means business. He said he‘s disappointed with Putin. He ought to impose those sanctions on China, India, Brazil. They are buying Russian oil. They are sustaining his war machine, and they ought to be held accountable. They are selling that oil, by the way, at a profit. It‘s blood money. And they should pay a price for fueling the kind of merciless and murderous aerial assault that is killing Ukrainians, literally last night in their homes, hospitals, educational centers. It is atrocities that they should be held accountable for supporting. China, India, Brazil and others should pay that price. And the credibility of the president and the United States is at stake. Putin is simply stringing us along."