US President Donald Trump has once again expressed disappointment with Russia and promised to impose severe tariffs against it if a peace agreement between Kyiv and Moscow is not reached within 50 days.

Source: Trump at the White House during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Trump said that one of the reasons for Rutte’s visit to the US is that "we are very unhappy – I am – with Russia".

Quote: "We are very, very unhappy with them [with Russia – ed.]. We’re gonna be doing very severe tariffs if we don’t have a deal in 50 days. Tariffs at about 100%. You call them secondary tariffs [tariffs against Russia’s trading partners – ed.]"

Details: The US president once again stated that he wants to end Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine and said he is "disappointed in President Putin, because I thought we would have a deal two months ago, but it doesn’t seem to get there". [N.B. Ukrainska Pravda does not recognise Putin as president – ed.]

"So based on that, we’re gonna be doing secondary tariffs if we don’t have a deal in 50 days, it’s very simple. They’ll be at 100%. That’s the way it is. I hope we don’t have to do it," Trump said.

Background:

• Recently, Trump expressed doubt – perhaps for the first time – that the Russian ruler seeks peace, and said that "We get a lot of bulls**t thrown at us by Putin".
• Trump also confirmed his intention to supply various types of weapons to Ukraine, including Patriot systems, which will be fully paid for.

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