Pence urges Trump to impose sanctions on Putin after Alaska summit

Former Vice president Mike Pines said on Sunday that President Donald Trump needs to drop the “hammer” on Russian President Vladimir Putin with additional secondary sanctions.

After meeting with Putin at the top of the high risk in Alaska, Trump has turned from the call for an immediate ceasefire agreement to a broader “peace agreement” between Ukraine and Russia.

In his appearance on “CNN” on Sunday, Pence described Trump’s style of dealing with the dictators as the “velvety glove” approach, but he said he believed that “the hammer should come, and it must come immediately.”

Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski is expected to meet with Trump at the Oval Office on Monday, and the United Kingdom and European leaders joined him. At the same time, Trump said to “pick up the phone and ask” the majority leader of the Senate John Thun, Ruby, “to pass the secondary penal bill immediately that almost everyone supports in the Senate in the United States.”

It seems that Putin has been clearly disturbed, as the correspondents and Trump wear with questions

“A mixture of participation, but also Putin explained that we are ready to take measures that would literally break his economy even while we double our commitment to Ukraine’s security,” Pens said.

He later added: “The last thing we want to see is for Putin to use this last delay as a reason to continue this war along the way until the winter and the fighting season are mainly launched in this part of the world.” “We cannot allow Vladimir to run out of the war in the war this year and this season. We have literally doing two things, that is: the sanctions on the president’s office must be available to sign it during the start of negotiations. This is the most important way that we will ensure that there is real progress towards the peace agreement.”

Pence, who held the position of Trump’s vice president during his first term, repeated how Putin Georgia attacked President George W. Bush, attacked the Crimea under President Barack Obama, and was invaded by Ukraine after the “catastrophic withdrawal” from Afghanistan during the era of President Joe Biden.

“Putin has not hidden the fact that he wanted to reaffirm the old Soviet influence, and what we used to call the evil empire in Eastern Europe,” Bens told CNN from Jake Taber. “I think Putin only understands power, so while the president and his diplomatic team are participating in this restoration of success with Putin, and it seems that there is interest, in my opinion, Putin will not stop until he stops.”

Pens said that Trump should be praised by the follow -up of peace in Ukraine, “noting that the president has already obtained peace agreements in Africa, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

“I think he deserves credit as a leader of the free world for not surrendering from Ukraine,” Pins said, claiming that “there are many voices in the administration and around it that would cut Ukraine months ago.”

President Donald Trump and Russia, Vladimir Putin, arrived at a joint press conference in the joint base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Friday, August 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Democrats doubt that Trump will believe that Ukraine is a ceasefire at the Alaska summit with Putin

Pence said he wanted to praise the president “an attempt to make progress”, but he said he wanted to see the ceasefire deal. However, he said that “there is no better deal than a bad deal.”

Based on the description of the special envoy Steve Witkev for the talks, Pence said that it appears that “it was at least a rise in the Putin and Trump meeting to the United States to provide security guarantees, and it is clear that the president has not lost anything related to American national security or the security of our allies in Eastern Europe in the midst of this war.”

He told Witkoff Cnn that the Trump administration “is determined to try to get a peace deal that ends the fighting permanently – very quickly, faster than the ceasefire.” He also said that Trump could not agree to “any kind of land swap” on behalf of the Ukrainians. At the summit, Putin pushed the daily to withdraw from Donetsk and Luhansk in exchange for the freezing of Russian forces in other regions.

“At the end of the day, it is important to remember that the bad man here is Putin. Putin launched an unjustified brutal invasion for more than three years,” Penis said. “Now more than ever, America and our allies need to stand strongly with Ukraine and create conditions for a just and lasting peace.”

President Donald Trump revives Russian President Vladimir Putin when he reaches the Emendorf-Richardson joint base on August 15, 2025, in Ankourag, Alaska. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Minutes before Pens spoke to CNN on Sunday morning, Trump posted to the social truth, “big progress in Russia. Stay tuned!”

Trump also criticized media reports about his meeting with Putin.

Trump wrote on social media earlier on Sunday: “It is unbelievable how to distort fake news violently when it comes to me,” Trump wrote on social media earlier on Sunday. “There is nothing I can say or do that would lead them to writing or reporting me frankly. I held a great meeting in Alaska in the stupid Biden war, a war that should never have happened !!!”

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“If Russia gives up Moscow as part of the deal, the fake news and their partner, the radical left democrats, will say that I made a terrible mistake and a very bad agreement,” Trump added. “That is why they are fake news! Also, they should talk about the six wars, etc. I have stopped !!!” Maga.