Instead of 50 days, Moscow now only has two weeks, he said.
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Time is running out for Russia.
President Donald Trump stressed on Monday that he is disappointed with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, and that he will shorten the 50-day time limit he gave him to reach a deal with Ukraine.
After the deadline, Trump will impose steep, 100% tariffs on Russia. The President said he is giving Putin only two more weeks to decide— or take the hit, hard.
“We thought we had that settled numerous times, and then President Putin goes out and starts launching rockets into some city, like Kyiv, and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever. You have bodies lying all over the street,” Trump said, speaking alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during the President’s trip to Scotland. “And I said, ‘That’s not the way to do it.’”
"I'm very disappointed in President Putin."
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The President expounded on the new timeline on Monday. “I’m going to make the new deadline of about 10 or 12 days from today. There’s no reason in waiting,” he said. “We just don’t see any progress being made.”
Initially, Trump said that he would blast Russia with 100% tariffs if Putin didn’t reach a peace agreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky within the first 50-day cutoff date.
The 100% tariffs on Russia would come in the form of “secondary tariffs,” which would penalize countries that do business with Putin, such as those purchasing Russian oil and gas. Reuters reported last week that sources close to the Kremlin said Putin was unfazed by Trump’s deadline.
In recent weeks, Russia has increased its attacks on Ukraine, targeting Kyiv with massive drone and missile strikes. Multiple civilians have been killed and dozens more wounded in Russia’s latest attacks, which were carried out as Moscow and Kyiv continue to meet for peace talks.
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