(Bloomberg) — Donald Trump claims to be “furious” with the Russian president, Vladimir Putinand which would consider imposing “secondary rates” on Russian oil if a ceasefire with Ukraine Not achieved, NBC News said.
Trump stated that he was “very annoyed” with Putin’s recent comments, which suggested ways to install a new leadership in Ukraine and ward off the. The information was released by NBC, who cited a telephone interview with Trump on Sunday (30).
“I was furious about that. But if an agreement is not made and I consider that Russia was to blame, I will apply secondary sanctions against the country,” said Trump. He also told NBC that he intends to talk to Putin later this week.
To evaluate to what extent you can press Europe to relieve sanctions against Russia. Trump portrayed his threat as a negotiation strategy.
“If Russia and I do not reach an agreement to stop the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I consider it to be Russia’s fault – which may not be the case – then I will apply secondary rates on all exported Russian oil,” he said.
“This would mean that if you buy Russia oil, you will not be able to do business in the United States. There will be a 25% rate on all Russian oil and can range from 25 to 50 percentage points,” he added.
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Although Ukraine said it would immediately respect one, Kremlin surprised the White House by conditioning its participation in the removal of sanctions against the Russian Agricultural Bank (RSHB) and other financial institutions involved in foreign trade and fertilizers.
After three days of Saudi Arabia negotiations last week, the United States announced on Tuesday that Ukraine and Russia agreed with the truce in the Black Sea as a next step in Trump’s efforts to end the war after both parties accept a 30-day suspension in the attacks on energy infrastructure.
On Monday, Trump seemed to adopt a new economic policy strategy by threatening countries that buy Venezuela oil with what he called “secondary tariffs” to restrict Venezuelan oil trade with other nations.
