BASKING RIDGE: President Donald Trump said Saturday he believes the Russia-Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of 50 percent to 100 percent for its purchases of Russian petroleum.<\/p>\n
Trump posted on his social media site that NATO\u2019S commitment to winning the war \u201chas been far less than 100 percent\u201d and the purchase of Russian oil by some members of the alliance is \u201cshocking.\u201d As if speaking to them, he said, \u201cIt greatly weakens your negotiating position, and bargaining power, over Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n
NATO member Turkiye has been the third largest buyer of Russian oil, after China and India. according to the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air. Other members of the 32-state alliance involved in purchasing Russian oil include Hungary and Slovakia.<\/p>\n
The letter comes at a tense moment in the conflict after the recent flight of multiple Russian drones into Poland, an escalatory move by Russia as it was entering the airspace of NATO ally. Poland shot down the drones. It also comes as the Congress is trying to get him behind a bill toughening sanctions.<\/p>\n
Trump in his post said that a NATO ban on Russian oil plus tariffs on China would \u201calso be of great help in ENDING this deadly, but RIDICULOUS, WAR.\u201d<\/p>\n
The president said that NATO members should put the 50 percent to 100 percent tariffs on China and withdraw them if the war that launched with Russia\u2019s 2022 invasion of Ukraine ends.<\/p>\n
\u201cChina has a strong control, and even grip, over Russia,\u201d he posted, and powerful tariffs \u201cwill break that grip.\u201d<\/p>\n
The US president has already placed a 25 percent import tax on goods from India for its buying of Russian energy products.<\/p>\n
In his post, Trump said responsibility for the war fell on his predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He did not include in that list Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched the invasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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