Trump signs Lindsey Graham’s Russia sanctions bill into law

Lindsey Graham has never met a crisis he didn't want to bomb, so it's worth noting that the bill now bearing his name is a sanctions bill, not a declaration of war. That is the right tool for this fight. The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act hits Putin where the bleeding actually starts, in the oil and gas revenue that underwrites his artillery and his conscripts. And it keeps the pressure on Iran's energy and weapons sectors, which ought to be a permanent priority no matter who sits in the White House.

This is the kind of toughness that doesn't require a single American boot on foreign soil. The left likes to talk about standing up to dictators until it means making a hard choice at the gas pump or admitting their preferred policies have made Tehran richer. Trump signed this because it advances an America First posture: squeeze our adversaries, spend our treasure at home. That is a coherent strategy, and one that has eluded every administration in recent memory.

There are limits to sanctions, and we'd be.