President Trump has led his strongest criticism so far against President Vladimir F. On Sunday, Putin threatened to impose a “secondary tariff” on Russian oil if the country thwarted negotiations on the ceasefire deal with Ukraine that would stop the fighting.
The comments, which were transferred to “Meet the Press” by the show host, Christine Wilker, reflect a conversation that she had hours ago with Mr. Trump, in which he indicated that increased patience with the negotiations. Mr. Trump told her that a tariff can be imposed from 25 to 50 percent on Russian oil in “any moment” and that he intends to speak with his Russian counterpart this week.
Mr. Trump said: “If Russia and I could not conclude a deal about stopping bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I believed that this was Russia’s mistake – which may not be so – but if I believed that this was Russia’s mistake, I will put a secondary tariff on oil, on all the oil that comes out of Russia.”
Mr. Trump previously referred to the secondary tariff as graphics on imports from countries that buy products from a nation targeted by his foreign policy. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The comments were noticeable, given the steps that Mr. Trump To be aligned With Mr. Putin, although the United States has supported Ukraine since Russia has been widely invaded more than three years ago. Since he took office, Mr. Trump refused to admit that Russia was the one who started the war, and he falsely announced President Folodimir Zelinski from Ukraine, “Dictator”, but not Mr. Putin, and accused Mr. Zelinski of unwillingness to peace.
Mr. Trump’s statements also reflected his increasing promise to use the customs tariff to force countries to bend to his local and external goals. Mrs. Wilker said that in the same phone call, he said he would consider secondary definitions on Iran if she did not reach an agreement with the United States to ensure that it has not developed a nuclear weapon.
Mr. Trump told Mrs. Wilker that he was “very angry, angry” in Mr. Putin for interrogation, the credibility of Mr. Zellinski, and to discuss the possibility of new leadership in that country. Mr. Trump suggested that such comments could restore negotiations, and that they “do not go at the right site.”
“The new driving means that you will not have a deal for a long time, right?” Mr. Trump said.
Russia and Ukraine I agreed to a limited truceBut this was not less than a complete stopping in the fighting that Trump administration officials sought, with the support of Ukraine. The limited ceasefire is still weak as Russia is seeking more concessions and Ukraine has expressed doubts that the truce will be supported.
On negotiations on Iran’s nuclear capabilities, Mr. Trump said that officials from both countries are “speaking”, according to NBC’s account of Mrs. Wilker’s call with the president, although he raised the possibility of military action if economic measures and other measures did not succeed.
Mr. Trump said of Iran: “If they do not have a deal, there will be a bombing. This will lead to the bombing of the likes they had not seen before.”
Earlier this month, Mr. Trump sent the message to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and urged direct negotiations with the government in Tehran on a deal to limit the advanced nuclear program in the country. The message said Mr. Trump Favorite diplomacy on military action.
Mr. Trump from the secondary tariff for oil from Russia and Iran was the latest example of the president’s interest in using the possibility of economic pressure on third -party countries.
Last week Executive order on Monday to eliminate countries The purchase of Venezuelan oil by imposing a tariff on the goods that these countries send to the United States, claiming that Venezuela was “intentionally and deceived” the criminals and murderers to America.
Mr. Trump called the new fees that threatened buyers from the Venezuelan “secondary tariff”, which is a “secondary sanctions” poster – the sanctions imposed on other countries or parties circulating with countries subject to sanctions.
Some trade and sanctions experts said that the current secondary sanctions associated with countries such as Russia and Iran have not been well implemented, and they wondered whether the United States would get the ability to withdraw new sanctions based on customs tariffs.
