{"id":1195,"date":"2025-07-14T15:23:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T15:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2025-07-15T19:24:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:24:19","slug":"trump-threatens-severe-tariffs-on-russia-if-no-ukraine-ceasefire-in-50-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/14\/trump-threatens-severe-tariffs-on-russia-if-no-ukraine-ceasefire-in-50-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens &#039;severe&#039; tariffs on Russia if no Ukraine ceasefire in 50 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump said the U.S. would impose &#8220;severe&#8221; tariffs on Russia if Moscow did not agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine in the next 50 days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\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,&#8221; Trump said during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p>Trump indicated he would impose a 100 percent &#8220;secondary&#8221; tariff, which would target other nations that do business with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 after amassing troops at the border. Trump campaigned on a pledge to end the war within 24 hours, a timeframe he later <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5197961-trump-says-he-was-being-a-little-bit-sarcastic-when-he-promised-to-end-ukraine-war-in-24-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed was \u201csarcastic.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump has in recent weeks expressed increasing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin as Moscow continues to fire missiles into Ukraine despite the White House&#8217;s push for a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only one we haven\u2019t been able to get to yet is Russia. And I\u2019m not happy. And I will tell you that Ukraine wants to do something,&#8221; Trump said, arguing the conflict has been one of the few he has not been able to help settle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all talk and then missiles go into Kyiv and kill 60 people,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It\u2019s got to stop. It\u2019s got to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president has faced growing pressure from some lawmakers in his own party to impose sanctions on Russia over its war effort in Ukraine, though Trump has been non-committal about whether he would sign a bill working its way through the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Monday also touted a deal with NATO to send weapons to Ukraine, with the military alliance bearing the brunt of the cost.<\/p>\n<p>The president also raised doubt over whether he will support Senate Republicans moving forward on a sanctions bill against Russia that has a veto-proof number of supporters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&#8220;I&#8217;m not sure we need it,&#8221; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It could be very useful, we&#8217;ll have to see,&#8221; Trump continued. He added that he is meeting today with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.). Thune said last week that he would look to put the Russia Sanctions bill on the floor this month. The bill has about 85 co-sponsors in the Senate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Updated 11:41 a.m.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Laura Kelly contributed.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump said the U.S. would impose &#8220;severe&#8221; tariffs on Russia if Moscow did not agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine in the next 50 days. &#8220;We\u2019re very, very unhappy<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/14\/trump-threatens-severe-tariffs-on-russia-if-no-ukraine-ceasefire-in-50-days\/\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<svg class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-arrow-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Trump threatens &#039;severe&#039; tariffs on Russia if no Ukraine ceasefire in 50 days<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1196,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions\/1196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}