Trump Continue trying to mediate between Russia y Ukraine To achieve a peace agreement, although it does not seem easy. The US president has already left a historical image during the visit of Greenery To the White House, with a commented clash between them. Now, Trump’s anger has been with Vladimir Putin which he said this Sunday in an interview with the NBC chain that “became very angry” when his Russian counterpart criticized the credibility of the Ukrainian president, reports Efe. Trump has added that he will impose Moscow new tariffs if it does not facilitate the agreement for the end of the war.
“If Russia and I failed to reach an agreement to stop the spill of blood in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia’s fault, which may not be, I will impose tariffs secondary to oil, to all the oil that leaves Russia,” Trump said in a phone call with NBC at dawn on Sunday.
Trump deepened that this would mean that “if you buy oil From Russia, you can’t do business in USA“And that the tariff could reach 50%.
In addition, he explained that the encumbrances would go into force in a month if there is no high fire agreement, which Putin knows that he is angry, but that he has “a very good relationship with him” and that “The anger will dissipate quickly … if you do the right thing”. In fact, Trump said both plan to speak again this week.
The statements of the US president arrive after Putin proposed on Friday to replace the Zelenski government with a temporary administration to hold elections in Ukraine And, according to him, ultimately “start negotiating a peace agreement.”
“A temporary government could be introduced in Ukraine under the auspices of the UN, USA, European countries and other partners,” Putin said.
According to Trump, these words were very angry but the reality is that they are in the line with previous comments from the US president, who a little more than a month ago qualified Zelenski as “dictator without elections” and then increasing him in a meeting in the Oval Office from the White House to the point of inviting him out of it.
Trump informed Newsmax in an interview broadcast on Tuesday that Russia could be “delaying”, but wants to see the end of the war.
That same day, the White House announced that it had reached agreements with Russia and Ukraine to guarantee a “safe navigation” in the Black Sea and develop “measures to implement” the prohibition of attacks against energy facilities in both countries.
The United States already has different sanctions against Russia, but, according to the US press, the Government considered making them more flexible as part of a path to an improvement of relations.
However, the Kremlin has emphasized that its approval for the high fire agreement is subject to the lifting of the sanctions.
“Problems” for Zelenski if he does not sign the land agreement
Trump also had harsh words for Zelenski, whom he has accused of “being trying to retire” from an agreement on rare earths with the United States and warned that, if not, he would face “big problems.”
“I think Zelenski, by the way, is trying to withdraw from the agreement on rare earths and if he does, he will have problems, very serious,” the Republican said to the press, when he was traveling back to Washington in the Air Force One.
Trump recalled that he had reached an agreement on the rare earths with Zelenski and now the Ukrainian president “wants to renegotiate him.”
“He wants to be a member of the Take. Well, I was never going to be a NATO member. He understands, so, if he seeks to renegotiate the agreement, he will face big problems, “said the US president.
The theme of rare earth has been a key point in the negotiations promoted by Trump to achieve a peace agreement in Ukraine, a country that is believed to house 5% of the world reserves of these minerals.