Running Out the Clock on Vladimir Putin

On July 14th, President Donald Trump set a deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine - 50 days. The war's death toll and the Russian leader's bad faith negotiating tactics had exceeded the president's patience threshold and it was time for the Trump Administration to weigh in more heavily than it had thus far. President Trump threatened sanctions and secondary sanctions if Putin didn't stop the conflict, offering increased military support to Ukraine as well. Putin was on the clock!