Lindsey Graham, Trump’s Ukraine weathervane, finally turns east on Russia sanctions

As Trump edges toward tougher rhetoric on Putin, Graham steps up with a sanctions bill that could reshape GOP foreign policy

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.