Former Treasury Official on Trump’s New Sanctions Against Russian Oil

Marshall Billingslea, former Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, explains that President Trump’s latest sanctions target Russia’s two largest oil companies. The goal is to pressure Moscow into a ceasefire and bring Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table. By cutting off key oil revenues, the administration aims to weaken Russia’s war economy and accelerate diplomatic solutions in Ukraine.