The president of United States, Donald Trumphe warned to Russia And he assured that Vladimir Putin It does not reach a truce with Ukraine within 50 days will impose 100% tariffs on your products.
The president acknowledged that he is “very discontent” with Russia And that’s why he met Monday with Mark Rutte, NATO general secretary, in the Oval Office.
“We are going to apply very severe tariffs if we do not reach an agreement in 50 days. Tariffs of approximately 100%, which we would call secondary tariffs“The Republican leader said. Secondary tariffs are imposed on other countries that trade with Russia.
The statement represents a change regarding the position assumed by Trump after his last meeting with Putin, on January 20, when he sought to boost a diplomatic exit to the conflict. In April, announcing a battery of global tax sanctions, Trump had excluded Russia arguing that He already faced multiple financial restrictions. The breakdown, according to official sources, It happened on July 3 during a call between both presidents in which Putin ratified that he will not abandon his military goals in Ukraine.
Donald Trump announced that he will send armament to Ukraine
On the other hand, Trump announced that he will send weapons to the member countries of the NATO with the aim of transferring them to Ukraine although he clarified that they will not pay for them.
“Today we have reached an agreement: we will send them weapons and they will pay them. We, the USAwe will not make any payment. We will not buy them, but we will manufacture them and they will pay them, “said Rutte.
In that sense, he added: “(NATO members) have a Very firm opinion about itand we too, but A lot of money awaits us and we simply do not want to do more (By Ukraine), and we cannot, but we manufacture the best and we will send it to NATO, “he said.
In turn, he also announced that he is negotiating with a member country that has 17 patriot missile batteries to redirect part of that weapon to Warsaw. “We have reached a very important agreement. These are billions of dollars in military team that will be bought from the United Stateswhich will go to the NATO, and that will be distributed quickly to the battlefield. Ukraine will begin to receive it”, He concluded.
Source: Ambito
