Politico reported the information.“It sounds like right now the president is going to attempt to do some of this on his own. If at some point the president concludes that it makes sense and adds value and leverage that he needs in those negotiations to move the bill, then we’ll do it. We’ll be ready to go.”The bill in question, developed by Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal and supported by 85 senators, would allow Trump to impose secondary tariffs of at least 500% on imported goods from countries such as China, Brazil, and India that continue to trade with Russia.Thune suggested that Trump’s threat of a 50-day deadline to end the war means the Senate no longer needs to pass the Graham-Blumenthal bill.“We are going to try as best we can ... coordinate strategies with the White House, obviously with the House,” Thune said. “So we will have it ready to go at a minute’s notice.”As the publication noted, actions in the House of Representatives also seem unlikely after Trump’s comments. When asked whether the sanctions legislation would be considered before the House goes on summer recess at the end of this month, Majority Leader Steve Scalise replied, “Not right now.”He suggested that Trump could independently force Putin to make peace.BackgroundOn July 14, Donald Trump stated that he would impose secondary tariffs on Russia, which could reach 100%, if a peace agreement with Ukraine is not reached within 50 days.The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, said that Trump’s threat to Russia of a 50-day deadline to end the war against Ukraine is “a very long period.”Meanwhile, Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev called Trump’s statement a “decorative ultimatum,” which, according to him, was not even noticed in Moscow.