Fox News’ main national correspondent Rich Edson, interviews the American Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the new potential sanctions against Russia.
The secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, told Fox News in an exclusive interview that “all the options are on the table” while the Trump administration weighs sanctions against Russia after President Vladimir Putin continued to bomb Ukraine despite recent peace discussions.
Bessent spoke with the main national correspondent Rich Edson in Martin’s Tavern in Washington, DC, answering a question on potential sanctions against Russia.
“I think everything is on the table,” said Bessent. “President Putin, from the historic meeting in Anchorage, since the telephone call, when European leaders and President Zelensky were at the White House the following Monday, did the opposite to follow what he indicated that he wanted to do in fact, he has, in a contemptible and despicable way, increased the bombing campaign.”
Bessent added: “So I think that with President Trump, all the options are on the table, and I think we will examine them very closely this week.”
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The secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, speaks to journalists following a republican lunch of the Senate, at the American Capitol on June 27, 2025, in Washington, DC (Al Drago / Getty Images / Getty Images)
In the weeks following the meeting with President Donald Trump in Anchorage, Alaska, in order to advance a peace agreement, Putin has not yet retreated after attacking Ukraine.
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Russia defeated Ukraine on Thursday with missiles and drones, killing at least 17 people and injuring 48 others in kyiv. Among the dead were four children between 2 and 17 years old, said Tymur Tkachenko, the chief of the city of kyiv.
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin serve his hand during a meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025. (Reuters / Reuters)
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Experts told Fox News Digital last week that the attack could be a signal that Putin uses diplomacy to buy more time to advance its objectives and continue to attack Ukraine, while avoiding the secondary sanctions that the Trump administration has threatened to impose.
Diana Stancy of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
