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Putting maximum pressure on Russia requires secondary sanctions on oil

President Donald Trump called Russia's bluff on Friday. In response to nuclear saber-rattling from a close ally of Vladimir Putin, Trump announced he will deploy two nuclear submarines to the region. The president's previously conciliatory posture toward the Kremlin gives such counterpunches real credibility: Mess around, find out. After Putin strung him along for months as he sought an end to fighting in Ukraine, Trump took steps this past week against India that Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama were reluctant to take, for fear of escalation and economic fallout, in the face of Russian revanchism. They already show signs of working. The president now has an opportunity to press his advantage by doing the same with China.