“If Putin doesn’t do what Trump wants, Trump can sanction more. Under existing authority, there is a lot more a President can do in terms of imposing sanctions or enforcement without going to Congress,” adjunct professor Taisa Markus ’86 told the Kyiv Independent in an article on how the president might deal with Russia. With the war in Ukraine nearing its third year, sanctions are still a powerful tool, and how the president could alter or deploy them remains a question.
