Posted on 03/30/2025 11:42:26 AM PDT by RandFan
President Donald Trump has said he is "very angry" and "pissed off" with Russian President Vladimir Putin after weeks of attempting to negotiate a ceasefire in Ukraine.
In an NBC News interview, he said he was angry with Putin for attacking Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's credibility, and threatened to impose a 50% tariff on countries buying Russian oil if he did not agree to a ceasefire.
"If Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia's fault - which it might not be... I am going to put secondary tariffs... on all oil coming out of Russia," he said.
The comments marked a shift in the president's tone toward Putin and Russia.
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We should do it now.
China is losing population rapidly so they'll consume less oil in the future.
We promised the Russians no eastward expansion of NATO and expanded into their borders, building a 600,000 man army there. We installed a Ukrainian nationalist government hostile to Moscow and threatened Russia's naval base in Crimea.
If Russia or China had done anything like that in Mexico, we have invaded.
There is nothing in NPR-A. ANWR has had little drilling to date and there are estimates of a few billion barrels. But those are weak estimates. It is Prudhoe-similar rock, but do not presume there are 100s of billions of barrels there. There just are not.
(The US burns 5 billion barrels/year in consumption.)
So is he “That guy killed my whole family and kicked my dog” mad at Putin?
Or is it “I can’t believe that dude drank the last beer in the fridge” mad.
Casualties are somthing else that does not bother the Russian government in the slightest.
Exactly what I said, NOT OUR CONCERN
Trump wants the same for the people of Russia.
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