US President Donald Trump issued a letter to NATO nations on Saturday (13), demanding that countries stop buying Russian oil and impose great sanctions on Russia to end the war in Ukraine.
“I’m ready to apply great sanctions against Russia when all NATO nations have agreed and start doing the same thing, and when all NATO nations stop buying Russia’s oil,” he said in a social media post.
He proposed that, as a group, put 50-100% of tariffs on China to weaken its economic control over Russia.
The letter is issued after Trump threats from and secondary sanctions on countries that buy their oil, such as the main buyers China and India, if no progress is made to end the war in Ukraine.
The president imposed an additional 25% rate on Indian products, citing his continuous imports of Russian oil, but did not take similar measures against China.
