Trump says that the Russian economy “tends”, and the low oil prices will stop the war

It seems that the rift between Moscow and Washington is deepening after US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the Russian economy “tends” and that low oil prices will expel the oil -funded war machine to President Vladimir Putin.

“Putin will stop killing people if she gets a $ 10 energy for the barrel. He will not have an option because his economy is adening.”

Comments come after the relations between Moscow and Washington, which remained friendly at the beginning of Trump’s second term in office despite the ongoing war, which has been strained in recent weeks.

Trump appears to have lost his patience with Putin, given the clear hesitation of Russia in following up the ceasefire or peace with Ukraine. Last Monday, the president said it was cut from 50 days to Less than two weeks on the deadline Putin to reach a A peace deal With Ukraine or a great “secondary tariff” faces trade partners in Moscow.

This prompted the former Russian president and a high -level Russian official Dmitry Medvedev To respond to social media, every new warning made by Trump about Russia to end its war Ukraine “It is a threat and a step towards war.”

“Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with his country,” Medvedyv wrote on x. Trump said on Friday he was two Nuclear submarines “To be placed in the appropriate areas” in response to Medvedev’s comments.

Russia, one of the world’s top oil exporters, used revenues from oil exports to largely finance the war machine in Ukraine, which it invaded in 2022. Western partners in Ukraine used the sanctions and restrictions imposed on trying to strangle these returns, but countries like India and China have continued to buy the reduced Russian sane.

This has led to Trump’s anger, and India has threatened in the past few days with sharp tariffs if it did not stop buying Russian oil. The president threatened to do with 25 % on Indian exports, in addition to unlimited “penalty” last week, accusing New Delhi of buying the reduced Russian oil and “selling it in the open market to obtain great profits.”

On Tuesday, Trump told CNBC that the international tariff threshold could exceed 25 % in the next 24 hours.

“India was not a good commercial partner … So we settled on 25 %, but I think I will raise this significantly over the next 24 hours, because they are buying Russian oil, they nourish the war machine, and if they would do that, I will not be happy,” Trump said.

Russia was earlier on Tuesday.With the Kremlin saying that India was free to choose its commercial partners and that Trump’s introductory threats were “attempts to force countries to stop trade relations with Russia.”

“We do not consider such statements legitimate,” Kremlin Dmitry Peskov, speaking with correspondents on Tuesday.

“We believe that the sovereign countries must have, and they have the right to choose their commercial partners, partners in trade and economic cooperation. The choice of trade and economic cooperation systems that are in the interest of a specific country.”

Oil prices fell to about $ 65 for a barrel mark on Tuesday, as traders evaluated the advertisement by OPEC and its electrical allies on Sunday that they would vary in production, amid the weakest global demand.

After Trump’s comments on Tuesday, Brent crude futures 83 cents, or 1.2 %, decreased to $ 67.92 a barrel, while the United States West Texas, medium raw 87 cents fell to $ 65.41.

Meanwhile, dark clouds appear to gather on the horizon when it comes to the economy that focuses on the war in Russia. It has worked under the weight of international sanctions as well Putin described as “alarmingly”. The Russian Ministry of Economic Development also predicts that economic growth will slow from 4.3 % in 2024 to 2.5 % this year.