Live updates: Trump threatens 100 percent secondary tariffs on Russia trade
President Trump said on Monday the U.S. would impose 100 percent secondary economic sanctions on countries that trade with Russia if Moscow does not agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine in the next 50 days. "We’re very, very unhappy with them, and we’re going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don’t have a...
President Trump said on Monday the U.S. would impose 100 percent secondary economic sanctions on countries that trade with Russia if Moscow does not agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine in the next 50 days.
"We’re very, very unhappy with them, and we’re going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don’t have a deal in about 50 days," Trump said during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office.
On Sunday, the president also announced the U.S. would sell Patriot missiles to European allies, who could then pass those arms to Ukraine. That also came up in Trump's meeting with Rutte. The president insisted that Europe would pay for it all, but didn't drill down on details of such a mechanism.
Rutte will also meet Monday and Tuesday with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, as well as members of Congress.
Both the Senate and House are back in session this week. As the House works on appropriations bills, the Senate is headed toward a Friday deadline to pass a rescissions package from the White House.
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