United States President Donald Trump has threatened a high level of sanctions and tariffs on Russia if a peace deal is not reached in Ukraine.
Trump took to Truth Social to announce his plans asking Russia to stop the “ridiculous” war against Ukraine.
“If we don’t make a ‘deal’, and soon, 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,” he said.
“We can do it the easy way, or the hard way - and the easy way is always better.
“It’s time to ‘MAKE A DEAL’. NO MORE LIVES SHOULD BE LOST!!!”
In the post, Trump also mentioned his strong relationship with Vladimir Putin and the help Russia provided the U.S. in World War II.
“I love the Russian people, and always had a very good relationship with President Putin - and this despite the Radical Left’s Russia, Russia, Russia HOAX,” he said.
“We must never forget that Russia helped us win the Second World War, losing almost 60,000,000 lives in the process.”
Trump’s claim of Russian losses in World War II is significantly higher than expert estimates, with The National World War II Museum in New Orleans saying the number of military and civilian losses in the Soviet Union during the war was 24 million.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in December said that 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action and an additional 370,000 have been wounded.
Zelenskyy also said Ukraine estimated that 198,000 Russian soldiers have been killed and more than 550,000 wounded.
The economic threats that Trump has threatened against Russia isn’t dissimilar to those he has threatened against other allies like Canada and Mexico.
