Trump threatens tariffs targeting Russia without deal to end Ukraine war in 50 days
"We're going to be doing secondary tariffs if we don't have a deal within 50 days, it's very simple," Mr. Trump said in the Oval Office, alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. "And they'll be at 100%."
"We are very unhappy, I am, with Russia," the president explained.
Mr. Trump also said the U.S. would sell more weapons to NATO, which would in turn send them to Ukraine.
Some in Congress have pushed for even higher secondary sanctions.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, appearing on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Sunday, said these sanctions would give Mr. Trump a "sledgehammer" in the war with Russia. Graham is pushing legislation in the Senate that would give the president the ability to impose 500% tariffs on any country that helps Russia.
"We're going after the people who keep Putin in business, and additional sanctions on Russia itself," Graham said. "This is truly a sledgehammer available to President Trump to end this war."
Graham called this a "turning point" in the war that started when Russia invaded Ukraine in Feb. 2022.
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