Donald Trump threatens Russia with additional sanctions and tariffs

Donald Trump threatened Russia with additional “large -scale” sanctions, as the US president turns to accumulate pressure on Moscow in an attempt to mediate a peace agreement in Ukraine.

TrumpFriday’s comments come with a reduction in tensions with Ukraine President Volodimir Zelinski after a general confrontation at the White House last week, which led to the United States’s suspension of military assistance and intelligence support in Kiev.

American and Ukrainian officials are scheduled to meet next week in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for talks. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Foreign Minister Marco Rubio will head the American delegation.

“Based on the fact that Russia” bombing “Ukraine is absolutely in the battlefield at the present time, I am strongly thinking about banking sanctions on a large scale, sanctions and tariffs on Russia until the final stop and settlement agreement is reached.”

“For Russia and Ukraine, go to the table now, before it is too late. Thank you !!!” He added.

Trump has faced criticism from the United States’ allies as well as local legislators, including some Republicans, for his clashes with Zelinski. Fears are increasing that the White House delivers all influence Russia Even before direct conversations begin between Moscow and Kiev.

At the Oval Office later on Friday, Trump returned to the friendly speech towards Moscow.

The president said: “I find it difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine (from Russia).” “I find that in terms of obtaining a final settlement, it may be easier to deal with Russia, which is surprising, because they have all the cards, and they get hell out now.”

However, he said that his social position was in fact a “very strong statement” to Moscow that he says “cannot” continue its intense bombing of Ukraine.

Trump said he did not believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin was benefiting from the participation of the intelligence stalled from Washington to Kiev and instead “he would do what anyone else will do.”

“I think (Putin) strikes (Ukraine) is more difficult than he was hitting them. I think anyone in this situation is likely to do so now. He wants to end.”

Despite the Moscow bombing campaign, Trump said he did not want to continue providing Kiev with air defenses since “I must know they want to settle. I don’t know they want to settle.”

Trump added that before he thought about the US security guarantees of Ukraine, he wanted war settle. He said: “Ukraine must complete the ball and accomplish a job.”

American officials had previously threatened sanctions against Russia in an attempt to push Putin towards the negotiating table, but Trump renewed this message on Friday.

The White House provided any details of the sanctions and definitions threatened with Russia.

Kevin Haysit, director of the National Economic Council, told reporters on Friday that “there are many things that certainly remain” for a punishment “but. Let’s see how things go.”

Russia is still under comprehensive sanctions imposed by former President Joe Biden, including the financial, defense and energy services sectors. The United States has also targeted senior Russian business leaders and chief -suffering.

Alexandra Procopinco, a fellow at the Carnegie Carnegie Russia in Berlin, said the sanctions reduced the Russian trade surplus by more than half, from 337 billion dollars in 2022, the first year of the war, to only 151 billion dollars last year.

The most painful measures were the sanctions on oil exports, which forced Russian companies to sell with a discount while raising their logistical and financial costs, and financial sanctions that have created stressful obstacles to companies that carry out international transactions, as well as sanctions on the aviation sector.

Brocobinco said the comprehensive approach followed by the Biden administration means that Trump can do relatively little to increase pressure. “There are no longer Pazooka sanctions anymore and the United States cannot cause real pain,” she added.

But Trump officials say that the sanctions from Biden were ineffective, especially with regard to the Hamri Energy Sector in Russia.

“One of the main factors that enabled the continued financing of the Russian war machine was the weak sanctions of the Biden administration on Russian energy,” Scott Beesen, US Treasury Secretary, told New York Economic Club on Thursday.

He suggested that the Biden administration has stopped imposing more severe sanctions due to “concerns about the pressure on US energy prices during the election season.”

“What is the purpose of the great American military and financial support over the past three years, without supporting the synchronous penalties?” He asked.

The White House has already commented on the possibility of easing sanctions on Russia if it reached a peace agreement with Ukraine, and officials have referred to commercial opportunities for American investors in the country if an agreement is reached.

High tariffs on Russian imports will have a limited impact since the country has collapsed with the United States in recent years. According to the American Trade Representative Office, goods from Russia were $ 3 billion in 2024.