US_ Navarro to Newsmax: Trump's Secondary Sanctions Are the 'Real Hammer'

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Navarro to Newsmax: Trump's Secondary Sanctions Are the 'Real Hammer' 

By Jim Thomas | Friday, 18 July 2025 07:42 PM EDT 


White House senior counselor Peter Navarro told Newsmax on Friday that President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs and secondary sanctions are part of a broader strategy to pressure Russia into a ceasefire with Ukraine and return to what he called "pax Americana." 

"That's clearly the strategic use of tariffs," Navarro told "The Record With Greta Van Susteren." "We're in a national emergency with Russia and [with] the way things are going; so, sanctions alone, we've learned that from the first term, they're an important weapon, but they're not sufficient."

 Navarro said the Trump administration's approach would combine traditional sanctions with tariffs targeting nations that help Russia skirt restrictions through tactics such as shadow oil fleets. 

"There's a lot of workarounds that China, Russia, and others — Iran — who have had sanctions on them are able to do," he said. "So the whole notion of adding tariffs plus secondary sanctions is a real hammer. So that's going to work." 

Trump has warned that if Russia does not agree to a ceasefire within 50 days, the United States will impose penalties on secondary nations that continue buying Russian oil. The policy, Navarro said, is not meant to provoke but to deny Russia the financial resources to keep fighting. 

"President Trump does not want to impose those. He wants peace. He's done everything possible to bring that about," Navarro said. "It's clear, though, that Russia and Ukraine are going to continue shedding blood. And this is the next step in Donald Trump's strategy."

 Navarro defended the potential impact on other countries, including China and India, saying those affected by secondary sanctions would be "the whole point" of the policy. 

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READ MORE: https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/peter-navarro-donald-trump-kaja-kallas/2025/07/18/id/1219283/ 

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