WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday the Trump Administration has its eyes glued on Russia.
“We’re watching and very troubled by the increased hostilities over the past week in Eastern Ukraine,” Pence told ABC’s “This Week.”
The Trump Administration put Iran “on notice” last week in the face of ballistic missile testing.
“Russia has been violating the ceasefire in Ukraine. Are they on notice as well?,” asked ABC’s George Stephanopoulos.
Pence declined to say if Russia’s is also on notice but said Trump is examining whether keeping sanctions in place as long as Russia is violating the ceasefire.
“I think that’s a question that will be answered in the months ahead. And it just simply all depends on whether or not we see the kind of changes in posture by Russia,” Pence said.
“And the opportunity perhaps to work on common interests. And the president’s made it clear the top priority of this administration is to hunt down and destroy ISIS at its source.”
Pence added: “I think the president is looking for an opportunity to begin that relationship anew. But make no mistake about it– those decisions will await action. And they’ll be very dependent on how the Russians respond in the days ahead.”
President Trump seemed to dismiss Vladimir Putin’s aggression as not much different from the United States’s actions.
“A lot of killers. You got a lot of killers. You think our country is so innocent?” Trump said in a taped pre-Super Bowl interview with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly.
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