"As if speaking with NATO members, he said: "It greatly weakens your negotiating position, and bargaining power, over Russia." Since 2023, NATO member Turkey has been the third largest buyer of Russian oil, after China and India. according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. Other members of the 32-state alliance involved in purchasing Russian oil include Hungary and Slovakia."
"Poland shot down the drones, yet Trump played down the severity of the incursion and Russia's motives by saying it "could have been a mistake." While Trump as a candidate promised to end the war quickly, he has yet to hit the pressure points needed to end the violence and has at times been seen as reluctant to confront Russian President Vladimir Putin."
"Trump in his post said that a NATO ban on Russian oil plus tariffs on China would "also be of great help in ENDING this deadly, but RIDICULOUS, WAR." The president said that NATO members should put the 50% to 100% tariffs on China and withdraw them if the war that launched with Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine ends. "China has a strong control, and even grip, over Russia," he posted, and powerful tariffs "will"
President Donald Trump proposed that a NATO ban on Russian oil combined with 50%–100% tariffs on China would end the Russia–Ukraine war and strengthen NATO's bargaining power. He labeled continued Russian oil purchases by some NATO members as "shocking" and said those purchases weaken negotiating leverage with Russia. NATO buyers noted include Turkey, Hungary and Slovakia, with Turkey a top buyer after China and India. Trump downplayed a recent Russian drone incursion into Poland as possibly a mistake. He has at times appeared reluctant to confront Vladimir Putin, and Congress is pushing for tougher sanctions after talks in Alaska failed to yield progress.
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