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The Guardian - US
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Andrew Roth in Washington

Are Lindsey Graham’s contortions about to prod Trump into Russia sanctions?

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Senator Lindsey Graham speaks as Donald Trump listens at a primary election night party in Columbia, South Carolina, on 24 February 2024. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP

Has Lindsey Graham been playing the long game with Donald Trump?

Graham, who has calibrated his pro-Ukraine support since the inauguration to stay in the US president’s orbit, has said he expects this week that the Senate will begin moving his Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025, a bill that he says would impose “bone-breaking sanctions” on Vladimir Putin and a 500% tariff on goods imported from countries that buy Russian oil and other goods, potentially targeting China and India.

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