BATTLEFORWORLD.COM | May 28, 2025: The State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce in a Fox News interview said, the US President Donald Trump is ready to apply "maximum pressure" on Russia if the Ukraine peace talks fail to produce results.

Noting that the US president's patience has "worn thin" and that he has expressed frustrations in his recent posts on Truth Social, Bruce told Fox and Friends hosts, in a clip posted on Monday by the network.

Threatening that Trump could resort to using all the tools at his disposal, to include additional sanctions on Moscow. The restrictions to be applied are part of a draft bill being pushed by Republican Senator, and prominent Russia hawk, the neocon Lindsey Graham. The bill outlines sanctions of up to 500% on all countries that continue to purchase Russian oil, gas and other goods.

(Battleforworld.com: Imagine, it was the United States that instigated the Ukraine conflict in the attempt to destroy Russia, and now says that Russia has to make peace of the United States terms or else. The reason for the Ukraine conflict, posting, here.)

Bruce further noted that ”America is ready to do a maximum pressure framework on Russia,” and warned that Moscow will "soon understand" Trump's commitment to achieving a settlement in the Ukraine conflict. ...

Tammy Bruce, at the State Department press briefing.

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