>U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Russia “and other participating countries” with taxes, tariffs and sanctions if a deal to end the war in Ukraine is not struck soon.
>Without a deal, Trump said in a post on Truth Social, “I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries.”
>Trump did not identify the countries that he considered to be participants.
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>U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Russia “and other participating countries” with taxes, tariffs and sanctions if a deal to end the war in Ukraine is not struck soon.
>Without a deal, Trump said in a post on Truth Social, “I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries.”
>Trump did not identify the countries that he considered to be participants.
Further reading:
[https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-is-discussing-10-tariff-china-feb-1-2025-01-21/](https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-is-discussing-10-tariff-china-feb-1-2025-01-21/)
[https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trump-saviour-anxious-ukrainians-question-presidents-power-end-war-2025-01-17/](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trump-saviour-anxious-ukrainians-question-presidents-power-end-war-2025-01-17/)
!ping Ukraine
Erm, who are the other participating countries in this instance?
One of the upsides of Trump is he is shameless and has no problem winning at all cost. This will be great for Ukraine if their term of winning aligns.
Ahh the old bait and switch 💀
If only Biden had tried that.
He’s already several days late in fixing this. I was promised it would be over by now.
[here’s the entire post](https://liveuamap.com/en/2025/22-january-15-us-president-trump-to-putin-regarding-ukraine)
diplomacy in the year of our lord 2025 lmao
“Oh no”-Russia
It’s so rare. Based Trump
I’m not sure if I’m any more comfortable with a Trump that doesn’t fear Russia than I am a Trump that seems to want to ally with Russia
I’m not sure if I’m any more comfortable with a Trump that doesn’t fear Russia than I am a Trump that seems to want to ally with Russia
Trump doing the exact same stuff as the Biden admin but getting credit as some sort of amazing peacemaker