Putin’s Rude Awakening Begins As Biden Prepares To Hit Russia With New Sanctions

Last updated on July 18th, 2023 at 12:33 pm

The days of Donald Trump doing Vladimir Putin’s bidding are over as Joe Biden is planning to hit Russia with sanctions as early as Tuesday.

According to Reuters, the Biden administration is expected to hit Russia with sanctions over its treatment of Alexey Navalny, a Russian opposition leader who was recently placed in a detention facility.

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Biden’s decision to penalize Russia is another departure from the former president, who spent his four years in the White House fawning over Vladimir Putin.

Last month, Biden told Putin that the days of America rolling over for Russia are over, and it appears that he’s keeping that promise.

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For four years, Donald Trump behaved as if he was a Russian agent, denying the Kremlin’s involvement in the 2016 election and looking the other way after Putin put a bounty on U.S. troops.

With the world watching, Trump even sided with Putin over the American intelligence community.

Russia’s puppet, Trump, is no longer in office. With Biden ready to get tough on Moscow, Vladimir Putin is in for a rude awakening.

Donald Trump may have pledged to put “America first” during his presidency, but it is Joe Biden who is fulfilling that promise.

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Sean Colarossi

Sean Colarossi currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He also worked with Planned Parenthood as an Affordable Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, helping northeast Ohio residents obtain health insurance coverage.