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If Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia’s fault – which it might not be – but if I think it was Russia’s fault, I am going to put secondary tariffs on all oil coming out of Russia,
NBC quoted Trump saying in a phone interview, the audio of which was not aired Australia stands with Ukraine. We regard Vladimir Putin as an authoritarian dictator who has imperialistic designs not just on Ukraine, but on other countries in the region.”
Australia participated in that summit and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said afterwards Putin couldn’t care less about diplomacy,
It means increasing the economic pressure on Russia, accelerating new tougher sanctions, bearing down on Russia’s energy revenues, and working together to make this pressure count,
If I feel, if we're in the midst of a negotiation, you could say that I was very angry, pissed off, when Putin said yesterday that – you know, when Putin started getting into Zelenskyy’s credibility, because that's not going in the right location, you understand?”
Trump told NBC, according to the transcript I think that Russia wants to see an end to it, but it could be they’re dragging their feet. I’ve done it over the years. I don’t want to sign a contract. I want to sort of stay in the game, but maybe I don’t want to do it.”
Last week, Trump told conservative channel Newsmax I never take military force off the table,
For far too long, the US proposal for an unconditional ceasefire has been on the table – without a proper response from Russia,
That would be that if you buy oil from Russia, you can't do business in the United States,