{"id":1165,"date":"2025-07-15T15:45:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T15:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2025-07-15T19:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:24:16","slug":"russia-blows-off-latest-trump-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/15\/russia-blows-off-latest-trump-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia blows off latest Trump threat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russian leaders responded flippantly Tuesday to the Trump administration\u2019s threat<\/a> of “severe” tariffs if Moscow doesn’t quickly come to a peace agreement with Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump issued a theatrical ultimatum to the Kremlin. The world shuddered, expecting the consequences,\u201d Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chair of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, wrote in a post<\/a> on the social platform X.<\/p>\n

\u201cBelligerent Europe was disappointed. Russia didn\u2019t care,\u201d Medvedev, who also previously served as president and prime minister of Russia, added. <\/p>\n

President Trump has upped his criticism<\/a> of Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent days, saying Monday he was “very unhappy” with the leader’s continued onslaught<\/a> in Kyiv. Trump has sought to pressure Russia<\/a> to come back to the negotiating table through the threat of potential sanctions<\/a> \u2014 including a 100 percent tariff on countries that trade with Moscow \u2014 and by arming Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very, very unhappy with [Russia], and we\u2019re going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don\u2019t have a deal in about 50 days,\u201d the president said during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General\u00a0Mark Rutte\u00a0at the White House.<\/p>\n

“I will tell you that Ukraine wants to do something,\u201d Trump said later, arguing the Eastern European conflict has been one of the few he has not been able to help settle.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all talk, and then missiles go into Kyiv and kill 60 people,\u201d he continued. “It\u2019s got to stop. It\u2019s got to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) took a victory lap Monday<\/a> after Trump threatened tougher sanctions on Russia. The duo cosponsored legislation<\/a> earlier this year to impose “primary” and “secondary” penalties on Moscow if it does not agree to long-lasting peace.<\/p>\n

Investors, however, have also largely brushed off the ultimatum. The Moscow Stock Exchange<\/a> grew by 2.7 percent as of Tuesday morning, signaling a lack of concern<\/a> that Trump will follow through on his threat.<\/p>\n

The nations likely to be hit hardest by an increase in tariffs are China, Brazil and India, which rely heavily on Russian oil. <\/p>\n

Graham lauded Trump\u2019s moves as the administration\u2019s commitment to defund Putin\u2019s \u201cwar machine.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIf you keep buying cheap Russian oil and gas to fund Putin’s war machine, President Trump is going to put a 100 percent tariff on all of your products coming in the United States if you don’t change your behavior,\u201d the South Carolina senator said during a Monday appearance<\/a> on Fox News.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I’m going to make a prediction, they will,” he added. “They’re going to go to Putin and say, enough, get to the table.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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