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WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday that Congress should walk harsh secondary sanctions against Russia, strengthening President Donald Trump's diplomatic efforts to extremity the Ukraine conflict.
Pence warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin "only understands strength."
During an interrogation connected “The Hill connected NewsNation,” Pence praised Trump for continuing bid negotiations with some Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy but said helium was skeptical of Putin's existent intentions.
"I truly bash judge astatine his core, Putin doesn't privation peace. He wants Ukraine," Pence told NewsNation. "Putin volition not beryllium stopped until helium is stopped."
Pence called connected the U.S. Senate to nonstop Trump authorities imposing secondary sanctions connected Russia, which would springiness the president further leverage successful negotiations.
"Unless we marque it wide to Vladimir Putin that determination volition beryllium terrible consequences to his state and his economy, unless helium embraces this process toward peace, I'm precise skeptical that we'll marque immoderate advancement astatine all," Pence said.
The erstwhile vice president credited Trump's caller determination to renew subject enactment to Ukraine arsenic "vitally important.”
Pence supports Trump's DC transgression crackdown, National Guard use
Pence powerfully endorsed Trump's deployment of national resources to code transgression successful Washington, D.C., including the usage of National Guard troops to enactment section instrumentality enforcement.
"If Washington, D.C., was a state, it would person the highest homicide complaint successful the country," Pence said, defending Trump's usage of authorization nether the Home Rule Act.
He indicated enactment for akin national involution successful different cities, saying Americans would beryllium grateful to spot the president supply resources to authorities and section instrumentality enforcement wherever necessary.
Pence criticizes tariffs arsenic taxes connected American consumers, businesses
The erstwhile vice president expressed reservations astir the administration's tariff policies, calling tariffs "taxes" that load American businesses and consumers.
"American businesses and American consumers wage American tariffs," Pence said.
He said the medication had collected $150 cardinal much successful tariff gross compared to the aforesaid play nether the Biden administration.
Pence advocated for targeted toughness connected China portion supporting escaped commercialized with allied nations.
Pence says helium focuses connected principles implicit governmental successors
When asked astir the aboriginal of blimpish authorities and potential successors similar Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Pence emphasized argumentation implicit personalities.
"I'm focusing much astatine this clip successful my life, not connected who volition beryllium next, but what volition beryllium adjacent successful the Republican Party," Pence said.
He outlined his imaginativeness for conservatism centered connected beardown nationalist defense, constricted government, little taxes, accepted motivation values and absorption to termination rights, principles helium said person defined the Republican Party for 50 years.
