Trump has asked Putin to end the war in Ukraine or face tariffs on Russian imports.

President Donald Trump Russia has threatened to impose tariffs on US imports if a deal is not reached to end the war in Ukraine.

“I don’t want to hurt Russia, I love it Russian peopleAnd he has always had a very good relationship with President Putin – and this despite the fact that Radical Great Russia, Russia, Russia is a HOAX, Trump wrote on Truth Social. We must not forget that Russia won World War II by defeating nearly 60,000,000. He lives in the process.”

Trump continued, “All that said, I’m doing Russia, whose economy is collapsing, and President Putin, a huge favor. Stand up now and end this ridiculous war! It’s only going to get worse. Only if we are. Don’t make a ‘deal,’ and soon, higher taxes, tariffs.” And I have no choice but to put sanctions on anything that comes from Russia, the United States and other participating countries.

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“Let’s end this war that would never have started if I were president!” Trump said. “We can do it the easy way or the hard way – and the easy way is always the best. It’s time to make a deal. No more lives must be lost!!!”

Trump was asked in the Oval Office on Tuesday night whether he would add more sanctions against Russia Vladimir Putin I will not negotiate a ceasefire with Ukraine any time soon.

“Apparently,” Trump responded, “the war never should have started. If you had a competent president, which you didn’t, the war would never have happened. If I had been there, the war in Ukraine would never have happened. President.”

Trump told reporters: “Russia was never going to get involved in Ukraine. I had a very strong understanding with Putin that this was never going to happen.” “He despises Biden. Very simple. He puts people down, he’s smart, he understands, he despises Biden.”

As for whether the US should continue sending military aid to Ukraine, Trump has argued that the US contributes $200 billion more to Kiev than the EU.

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“We are talking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. We will talk with President Putin soon. And we will see how everything goes,” he said. They’re paying more than they’re paying…it affects them more than it affects us.There’s an ocean between us, right?

“The European Union should be equal. We are 200 billion dollars more than the European Union. I mean, what are we, fools? I guess the answer is yes, because they have to think,” he said.

He was also asked when the president would meet with Putin.

Trump told reporters, “I’ll meet whenever you want. I want to see that end.” “Millions of people are being killed – this is a terrible situation. And now mostly soldiers. Many people have been killed in the cities. They look like collapsing places, buildings, huge buildings. More people have died than in your report.

Trump says Russia has lost about 800,000 troops and between 600,000 and 700,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the conflict.

His comments echoed Trump’s comments from the Oval Office a day earlier, accusing Putin of “destroying Russia.”

“I think he’s destroying Russia by not making a deal,” Trump told reporters hours after his inauguration Monday. “I think Russia is going to be in big trouble.” You look at their economy. You look at inflation in Russia. So I – I hope, I get along well with him, and you know, I hope he wants to make a deal.”

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On Tuesday, Putin’s foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters that Moscow had taken into account Trump’s comments in the Oval Office, adding that the Russians were “ready and open to talks with the new US administration on the conflict in Ukraine.” basis New York Times.

“If appropriate signals come from Washington, we will take them and be ready to negotiate,” Ushakov reported.