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The President of the United States, Donald Trump, confessed this Sunday, in an interview with "NBC", that he became "very angry" when the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, criticized the credibility of Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, and threatened Russia with new tariffs if it does not facilitate an agreement to end the war.
"If Russia and I cannot reach an agreement to end the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I believe that the blame lies with Russia, which may not be the case, I will impose secondary tariffs on oil, on all oil that comes from Russia," Trump said in a phone call with the network.
Trump stated that this would mean that "if you buy oil from Russia, you will not be able to do business in the United States" and that the tariff could reach 50%.
The Republican politician further detailed that the tariffs will go into effect in a month if there is no ceasefire agreement and that Putin knows he is angry, but that he has "a very good relationship" with the Russian president and that "the anger will dissipate quickly... if he (Putin) does the right thing".
Trump also mentioned that the two plan to talk again this week.
The remarks from the US president came after Putin proposed, last Friday, to replace Zelensky's government with a temporary administration to hold elections in Ukraine and, according to him, ultimately, "start negotiating a peace agreement".
"A temporary government could be introduced in Ukraine under the auspices of the UN, the US, European countries, and other partners," Putin said at the time.
According to Trump, these words made him very angry, but Putin's statement aligns with previous comments from the US president, who just over a month ago called Zelensky a "dictator without elections" and later reprimanded him in a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, to the point of inviting him to leave the meeting.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, confessed this Sunday, in an interview with "NBC", that he became "very angry" when the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, criticized the credibility of Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, and threatened Russia with new tariffs if it does not facilitate an agreement to end the war.
"If Russia and I cannot reach an agreement to end the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I believe that the blame lies with Russia, which may not be the case, I will impose secondary tariffs on oil, on all oil that comes from Russia," Trump said in a phone call with the network.
Trump stated that this would mean that "if you buy oil from Russia, you will not be able to do business in the United States" and that the tariff could reach 50%.
The Republican politician further detailed that the tariffs will go into effect in a month if there is no ceasefire agreement and that Putin knows he is angry, but that he has "a very good relationship" with the Russian president and that "the anger will dissipate quickly... if he (Putin) does the right thing".
Trump also mentioned that the two plan to talk again this week.
The remarks from the US president came after Putin proposed, last Friday, to replace Zelensky's government with a temporary administration to hold elections in Ukraine and, according to him, ultimately, "start negotiating a peace agreement".
"A temporary government could be introduced in Ukraine under the auspices of the UN, the US, European countries, and other partners," Putin said at the time.
According to Trump, these words made him very angry, but Putin's statement aligns with previous comments from the US president, who just over a month ago called Zelensky a "dictator without elections" and later reprimanded him in a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, to the point of inviting him to leave the meeting.
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