Trump threatens Russia with tariffs while unveiling new Ukraine weapons plan

US President Donald Trump announced that the US would send “the highest -level weapons” to Ukraine through NATO countries, while an agreement to end the war threatened Russia with serious tariffs if it could not be reached within 50 days.

“We want to make sure that Ukraine can do what Ukraine can do what they want to do,” Trump said after a meeting with NATO chief Mark Rutte in Washington. He said.

Rutte confirmed that the United States decided that “Ukraine has decided to greatly supply what is necessary through NATO”, and that Europeans would raise the bill.

Trump will send European countries Kyiv’s own patriotic air defense systems, which Ukraine trusted to repel Russia’s deadly air strikes, and will be replaced by the USA.

Neither rutte nor Trump detailed the weapons to be sent to Kiev, but the rutte agreement contained “missiles and ammunition”.

However, the President said that he would “be distributed quickly to the battlefield” to support Ukraine.

Rutte, “If I were Vladimir Putin today … I would refuse if I shouldn’t take the negotiations about Ukraine more seriously, Rutte said Rutte.

On the tariffs front, Trump said that if a peace agreement with Ukraine is not reached within 50 days, the US will apply 100% secondary tariffs targeting the remaining trade partners of Russia.

If they want to sell their products to the United States, any country traded with Russia will face tax.

For example, if India continues to buy oil from Russia, US companies that buy Indian goods will have to pay 100% import tax or tariff when products reach the American coast.

This would make the goods so expensive that the US businesses would probably choose to buy cheaper buying from other places and cause loss of income for India.

The aim is to prevent the Russian economy. Theoretically, if Moscow could not produce money by selling oil to other nations, he would have less money to finance his war in Ukraine.

Considering that oil and gas constitute almost one -third of Moscow’s state revenue and more than 60% of its exports, 100% tariffs can do something from a dent Russia’s financing.

Nevertheless, after the announcement of the Moscow Stock Exchange Index, it probably rose sharply to investors – Trump, who waited for even more harsh measures, waiting for investors to receive a “big statement” in Russia last week.

Although the details of both the tariffs and the NATO weapon agreement are insufficient, Trump on Monday has promised to make a new military equipment to Ukraine since he first returned to the White House.

Briefing, Vladimir Putin’s rhetoric has become increasingly harder by the US President, the ton was also attracted attention.

Trump implies that Kiev gave some responsibility for the decision of Russia’s decision to launch a full -scale Ukraine invasion in February 2022.

But mostly, he was disappointed in a lack of progress in ending a conflict, which he believed to be easily solved.

Asked about his relationship with Putin, Trump said that the two spoke “a lot about doing this thing”, but the Russian President said that “very good phone calls” often followed the density and frequently growing destructive air strikes in Ukraine.

“After three or four times after this: Speech does not mean anything,” Trump said.

“I don’t mean to him assassin, but he’s a hard man. He’s proven for years, he deceived many people – Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden,” he added. “He didn’t deceive me. At a certain point he doesn’t talk, there must be action.”

Earlier this year, there was a two round of cease -fire interviews between Russia and Ukraine, but no other meeting has been planned so far – Moscow’s blame in Kiev.

Ukrainian President Zelensky is currently home to the US ambassador Keith Kellogg in Kiev, and on Monday, a “productive meeting” greeted a “productive meeting” – he said he was “grateful to Trump for his support.

The Kremlin did not comment immediately about the announcement – but the comments from Moscow showed a measure of relaxation.

The pro -Kremlin Pundit and former Putin Aide Sergei Markov called the tariff announcement as a “bluff” that shows that “he has stopped trying to reach peace in Ukraine.”

Senator Konstantin Kosachev argued that “if Trump needs to say about Ukraine today, then so far there has been a lot about nothing.”

A lot can change in 50 days in the mood of both the battlefield and the moods of the US and NATO forces.

Dearbail Jordan’s additional reports