Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina during an appearance on NBC 's Meet The Press urged the U.S. to target nations who buy Russian oil, even those with whom the U.S. has strong ties, such as India.

"The one thing I can tell you: Putin could give a damn about sanctions," Graham told NBC host Kristen Welker . "He evades them. He could give a damn about how many Russians die."

"The one thing that he can't tolerate and live with, if we go after his customers," Graham said. "The whole goal is to crush his customers, India, and China, and Brazil."

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President Donald Trump during his 2024 campaign repeatedly pledged to quickly end the conflict in Ukraine once he got into office , and he made good faith efforts to immediately act on his word and tried to wrangle a

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