Trump Says He'll Punish Russia in 10 or 12 Days With Trade Measures
President Donald Trump said he's no longer giving Russia 50 days, until Sept. 2, to stop its war in Ukraine or face trade measures. He told reporters in Scotland on July 28, "I'm going to make a new deadline of about 10 or 12 days from today. There's no reason in waiting," he said. "We just don't see any progress being made."
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He said, "On three occasions it seemed like we're going to have a ceasefire, and maybe peace ... and all of a sudden missiles are flying into Kyiv and other places. I'm not going to talk anymore. This has happened on too many occasions, and I don't like it. I don't like it."
Trump was unclear about how he would use economic pressure to get Putin to stop bombing Ukraine. "We're going to do secondary sanctions, unless we make a deal," he said. When asked for more details later in the press conference, he said, "It would be sanctions, and maybe secondary tariffs."
Trump bragged about using trade to get the civil war ended in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to stop cross-border attacks between India and Pakistan, and to stop cross-border attacks between Cambodia and Thailand.
"That's the one [peace] deal that continues to linger," he said of the Russia-Ukraine war.
"I'll announce it probably tonight or tomorrow."
"Russia could be so rich right now," he said, and could supply the U.S. with lots of raw materials. "Instead, they spend all their money on war."