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Trump Says He’ll Reduce 50-Day Truce Deadline He Gave Putin (Q&A)
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10:52Now PlayingUS President Donald Trump said he would reduce the 50-day deadline he gave Russian leader Vladimir Putin to reach a truce with Ukraine.
“I’m disappointed in President Putin, very disappointed in him. So we’re going to have to look and I’m going to reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number,” Trump told reporters in Scotland on Monday as he welcomed UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for a meeting.
“I think I already know the answer, what’s going to happen,” Trump said, indicating further skepticism that Putin would come to the negotiating table and commit to a ceasefire.
Trump earlier this month issued the 50-day deadline and threatened to impose stiff economic penalties on Russia if it does not end hostilities with Ukraine. Trump has said he would impose 100% tariffs, which officials have cast as secondary levies that would fall on countries who buy Russian exports such as oil. Washington and other capitals allied with Kyiv view such oil purchases as a form of tacit support for Russia, helping to bolster its economy and undercut sanctions.
Trump’s threat marked a major shift in tone for the US president, who returned to office vowing to quickly end Russia’s war in Ukraine, citing his relationship with Putin. Those efforts have failed to materialize with Moscow only responding with maximalist demands for Ukrainian territory and declining calls for face-to-face talks between Putin and his counterpart, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Trump initially focused his ire on Zelenskiy as an obstacle to peace but in recent weeks has signaled growing impatience with Putin, accusing him of not being sincere about wanting to end the war despite multiple calls and months of diplomacy.
NATO allies are also moving to ramp up pressure on Putin, with Germany in advanced talks with the US and other allies to help deliver additional Patriot air-defense systems to Ukraine. Zelenskiy’s government has made air defense a top priority as weeks of Russian attacks take their toll on Ukrainian cities.
While talks between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul led to prisoner exchanges, there has been no progress on ending the conflict sparked by a Russian invasion in February 2022.
Trump’s sanctions threats also echo legislation in Congress that would impose 500% tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil and gas such as China and India. The president has threatened economic pressure against Putin in the past but has held off, suggesting that he wanted to preserve negotiations.
“Russia could be so rich, it could be so rich, it could be thriving like practically no other country,” Trump said, adding that Putin had expressed interest in doing trade deals. “He talks about it all the time. He wanted to.”
Trump floated Russian rare earth resources as a potential trade target.
“They have a lot of valuable things,” Trump said. “They have serious rare earth, right? They have just about every form you can have. So, you know, Russia could be such so rich right now. Instead, they spend all their money on war.”
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