January 22, 2025 15:59 GMT
US-RUSSIA: Trump-If No Deal Soon Taxes, Tariffs & Sanctions On Russia & Allies
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US President Donald Trump posts on Truth Social regarding the war in Ukraine. "...If we don’t make a “deal,” and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries."
- Trump: " Let’s get this war, which never would have started if I were President, over with! We can do it the easy way, or the hard way - and the easy way is always better. It’s time to “MAKE A DEAL.”..."
- These are the first concrete comments from Trump regarding his moves towards a deal in Ukraine since his inauguration.
- His threat to 'other participating countries' could bring in a wide range of countries including those directly supplying the Russian war machine such as Iran and North Korea, through to those that the US has accused of propping up the Russian economy with increased trade such as China and India.
- In the past 24 hrs, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has sought to maintain a substantial voice for Kyiv in any peace talks, and has backed Trump's call for European nations to spend 5% of GDP on defence.
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