Trump says he is considering Russian sanctions and tariffs until a ceasefire is reached with Ukraine
Washington – President Trump said on Friday that he “strongly considered” sanctions and tariffs on Russia until he agreed to stop Moscow’s ceasefire and peace agreement Three Years War with Ukraine.
Mr Trump’s post on his social media platform truth social networking seems to be responding Drone and missile attacks Launched on Ukrainian energy facilities on Friday. The president said that since Russia “absolutely ‘slam'” Ukraine, “I strongly consider large-scale bank sanctions, sanctions and tariffs on Russia until a final settlement agreement was reached for a stop to the fire and a final settlement on peace.”
“For Russia and Ukraine, it’s time to get to the table before it’s too late,” Trump wrote.
The president’s threat to tariffs and sanctions is the first sign of his adverse actions against Russia Tenses Meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in the White House a week ago. But Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday that he “found it more difficult to deal with Ukraine and they don’t have cards”.
“I found it might be easier to deal with Russia in terms of getting a final settlement – surprisingly – because they have all the cards,” he said.
The president acknowledged that Ukraine was receiving “a huge punishment” for air strikes on Russia, but appeared to defend Russian President Vladimir Putin and told reporters that he was “doing what anyone else would do.”
“I think he wants it to stop and settle down and think it’s harder than hitting them,” Trump said of Putin. “I think anyone with this position may be doing it now. He wants to end it, and I think Ukraine wants to end it.”
Mr. Trump and Zelenskyy were on track last week, signing a key rare earth mineral agreement and holding a press conference at the White House, but the visit of Ukrainian leaders suddenly ended as the Oval Office meeting between the two and U.S. and Ukrainian officials became publicly controversial.
The president told Zelenskyy at the meeting that he should reach a ceasefire with Russia, or “we withdraw”, and Vice President JD Vance accused Ukraine’s leaders of “disrespect” and was not enough to support our support for its efforts to combat Russian aggression.
After the meeting, Mr. Trump Suspend US military aid to Ukraine and Intelligence Sharing.
But U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House National Security Advisor Michael Waltz will discuss with the Ukrainian delegation next week, but negotiations between the U.S. and Ukraine appear to be resuming.
“We initially interacted with the Russians and the Ukrainians had a good opportunity to kidnap our economy through that mineral agreement,” Walz told reporters at the White House. “Unfortunately, this is not the case, but we think we will get things back on track.” Mr. Trump also said that NATO Secretary-General Rut will visit next week.
Mr. Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, told reporters Wednesday that the goal was to “set the framework for peace agreements and the initial ceasefire.”
Director Scott Bessent said in a speech Thursday that the Trump administration maintained strengthened sanctions in the sanctions against Russia.
Meanwhile, Zelenskyy said the first step to achieving peace is to stop Russia’s attacks.
“Ukraine is ready to pursue a path to peace, and Ukraine starts its efforts to seek peace from the first second of this war. The mission is to force Russia to stop the war.”
