Ukraine: Trump threatens Russia with tariffs
USA
United States president Donald Trump said on Monday that he would punish Russia with tariffs if there isn’t a deal to end the war in Ukraine within 50 days, the latest example of his growing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump made the announcement during an Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
“We are very unhappy, I am, with Russia“, the US president said. “We’re going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don’t have a deal in 50 days.”
He said they would be “secondary tariffs”, meaning they would target Russia’s trading partners in an effort to isolate Moscow in the global economy.
Trump and Rutte also agreed to a new deal on US weapons. The American president said European allies will buy “billions of dollars” worth of US military equipment and send them to Ukraine.
