Sen. Lindsey Graham, while calling for stronger economic pressure on Russia and warning that any peace deal must include the return of thousands of Ukrainian children taken by Russian forces, said Sunday that President Donald Trump is uniquely positioned to broker an end to the war in Ukraine.

“The only reason Vladimir Putin [was] in Alaska is because Trump threatened to put a 50% tariff on India for buying Russian oil and gas,” the South Carolina Republican told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” “Putin fears Trump.”

Graham, endorsing Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s call for European allies to stop purchasing Russian energy, argued that targeting Moscow’s oil and gas customers is the most effective way to undercut its war effort.

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