President Trump on Tuesday set a 10-day deadline for Russia to reach a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine, or at risk of secondary sanctions, which means that Kremlin will have to make a deal with Ukraine by 8 August.
President, who Said In Scotland on Monday that he was shortening his original 50-day time limit for Russia to make peace with Ukraine, spoke to reporters about the revised time limit on Tuesday. Air Force riding As he returned to America, Mr. Trump has been in Scotland for the last five days to interact with European leaders and visit his two golf resorts.
“Ten days from today. Okay?” He said on the plane.
“And then you know, we are going to put on tariffs and luggage, and I don’t know if it is going to impress Russia, as he wants to continue the war clearly,” the President said, Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be, seeking. “But we are going to put on tariffs and various things that you put. It can affect them or not, but it can happen.”
The United States and Ukraine are insisting on a permanent ceasefire to negotiate a permanent peace agreement. Earlier in July, Mr. Trump said that if Russia does not agree to a ceasefire. 50 day windowThe US will impose secondary tariffs up to 100% on goods sold by countries trading with Russia.
Mr. Trump expressed disappointment with Putin, questioning whether the Russian leaders really want to end the war with Ukraine. Mr. Trump described thinking that he had a good phone with the Russian leader, only to find out that the next day, more Ukrainians were being killed by Russia.
“I am always hanging, [and] Say, “Okay, this was a good phone call,” Mr. Trump said earlier in July. “And then missiles are launched in Kiev or any other city, and I say, ‘This is strange.’ And then it is three or four times, you say, the matter does not mean anything.”
This is a change from the beginning of this year, when Mr. Trump said that he felt Putin “wanted peace.”
On Monday, Mr. Trump said he was “very disappointed” in Putin on the continuous bombing of Moscow, narrowing Russia’s deadline for a deal ranging from 50 days to 10 or 12.
“There is no reason to wait,” Mr. Trump said on Monday. “We are not seeing any progress right now.”
Tucker Real and Vejia Jiang contributed to this report.
