United States President Donald Trump said on Monday that he will officially announce a new deadline for Russia “probably tonight or tomorrow,” following his previous statement that the ceasefire deadline would be reduced. “We are going to do secondary sanctions [against Russia] unless we make a deal. We might make a deal,” Trump told reporters after meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Scotland earlier today and added that the new deadline will be around 10 to 12 days. “There is no reason to wait, if you know what the answer is going to be, why wait,” the US president remarked.
NN: Trump is talking 100% duty on Russian oil. And he serious!
Trump: Not so interested in talking to Putin anymore
United States President Donald Trump said on Monday that he has always had a “great” relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but that he is “not so interested” in talking to Putin. He said a negotiated solution to the war in Ukraine will “still happen, but it’s very late down the process.” He repeated that he is “disappointed” with Putin and said that every time he thought the war might end, Putin “kills people.”
Trump claimed that Putin talks about a trade deal with the US “all the time” and that Russia could be “so rich right now” if it was not spending “all its money on war.” He said he “envisaged” trading with Moscow, including in rare earths, if Russia agreed to a peace process.