WASHINGTON – President Trump said Friday he is “strongly considering” imposing sanctions and tariffs on Russia until he agrees to a suspension of Moscow and a peace deal. Three-year war with Ukraine.
Posts about Trump’s social media platform Truth Social Drone and missile attacks It was released at an energy facility in Ukraine on Friday. The president said that Russia is “absolutely a ‘hit-pound’ and ‘Ukraine’,” so “I will halt massive bank sanctions, sanctions and tariffs on Russia and be keenly considering it until a final peace settlement agreement is reached.”
“We’ll be at the table in Russia and Ukraine right now before it’s too late,” Trump wrote.
The president’s threat of tariffs and sanctions is the first indication that he is acting unfavourable against Russia A tense meeting A week ago, he was with Ukrainian President Voldy Mil Zelensky at the White House. But Trump told reporters at the Oval Office on Friday, “Frankly, they feel it’s more difficult to deal with Ukraine, but they don’t have the cards.”
“In terms of getting a final settlement, it may be easier to deal with Russia as you have all the cards.
The president admitted that Ukraine is owing “a tremendous punishment” for Russian air raids, but defended Russian President Vladimir Putin and told reporters “someone else is doing what they do.”
“He wants to stop it and calm it down and I think he’s hitting them harder than he’s hitting them,” Trump said of Putin. “I think maybe everyone in that position is doing it now. He wants to finish it. Ukraine wants to finish it.”
Trump and Zelensky signed a major rare earth mineral agreement last week and were on track to hold a press conference at the White House, but the visit of the Ukrainian leader ended abruptly after an oval office meeting between the two and top US and Ukrainian officials.
The president told Zelenskyy at a meeting that he would either reach a ceasefire contract with Russia or “we’re out,” and Vice President JD Vance accused Ukrainian leader of being “disrespectful” and not fully grateful for his cooperation in combating the Russian attacks.
Trump was inspired by the meeting US military assistance has been suspended To Ukraine Intelligence sharing.
However, negotiations between the US and Ukraine appear to be resumed, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House national security adviser Michael Waltz saying they will head to Saudi Arabia next week for discussion with the Ukrainian delegation.
“We were first involved with the Russians. Ukrainians had a great opportunity to connect our economy through their mineral trade,” he told White House reporters. “Unfortunately, that didn’t work, but I think we’ll get things back on track.”
Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff told reporters Wednesday the goal was to “download the framework for the peace agreement and the first ceasefire.”
Separately, Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent said in a speech on Thursday that he will step up sanctions against Russia and will not hesitate to settle “everything,” according to Reuters.
Meanwhile, Zelensky said the first step to achieving peace is for Russia to stop the attack.
“Ukraine is ready to pursue a path to peace, and it is Ukraine that has been seeking peace since the first seconds of this war. To force Russia to stop the war,” he wrote on social media on Friday.
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