Trump promises Russia tariffs if no peace deal reached
President Donald Trump publicized a new plan for distributing weapons to Ukraine in a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Monday Through the plan the U S would sell weapons to European nations which would then transfer them to Ukraine Trump also threatened Russia with a new deadline for making a peace deal with Ukraine If not met the president promised to hit Russia with harsh tariffs We re going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don t have a deal in days Trump mentioned Tariffs at about You d call them secondary tariffs Related Don and Vlad s love story could be on the rocks Billions of dollars worth of U S weapons would be purchased by allies like Germany Finland Canada Norway Sweden the United Kingdom and Denmark and then transferred to Ukraine Patriot missile defense systems are among the weapons included A source advised CNN that other shipments could include offensive weapons like short-range missiles Howitzer rounds and medium-range air-to-air missiles Rutte commented the agreement should push Russia to reconsider peace talks and mentioned speed is of the essence here According to Axios Trump shared a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July in which the Russian president explained his intent to escalate the war saying he d need days to occupy the territory he s targeting To specific critics Trump s -day deadline seems convenient Still Trump hinted at his growing frustration with the Russian president even as he advised reporters in the Oval Office that his conversations with Putin are inevitably pleasant Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Program I speak to him a lot about getting this thing done and I reliably hang up say Well that was a nice phone call ' Trump noted And then missiles launched into Kyiv or various other city and I reported strange ' Trump was adamant that he wasn t to blame for the continuing war I felt we had a deal about four times Trump explained But it just kept going on and on During the meeting Trump also blamed the Russia-Ukraine war on former President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party During the campaign he had repeatedly insisted he could negotiate an end to the war in hours I ve just really been involved in this for not very long It wasn t my initial focus Trump announced This is a Biden war This is a Democrat war This is not a Republican or Trump war Read more about Ukraine-Russia A national disgrace Republicans blast Pentagon s unacceptable Ukrainian weapons freeze One day after demanding Vladmir STOP Trump concludes Putin is just tapping me along Who benefits from Donald Trump s revenge diplomacy Putin The post Trump promises Russia tariffs if no peace deal reached appeared first on Salon com
