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Trump Says He Will Impose Tough Sanctions on Russia If NATO Stops Buying Oil
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US President Donald Trump has said Washington will only impose “serious” new sanctions on Russia if all NATO member states agree to stop buying Russian oil.
Trump made the remarks in a statement posted on his Truth Social account. “I am ready to do major Sanctions on Russia when all NATO Nations have agreed, and started, to do the same thing, and when all NATO Nations STOP BUYING OIL FROM RUSSIA,” he wrote.
💬 US President Trump: "I am ready to do major Sanctions on Russia when all NATO Nations have agreed, and started, to do the same thing, and when all NATO Nations STOP BUYING OIL FROM RUSSIA." pic.twitter.com/xGpShvoEvY
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The president criticized what he described as insufficient commitment by the Alliance to defeating Russia.
“As you know, NATO'S commitment to WIN has been far less than 100%, and the purchase of Russian Oil, by some, has been shocking! It greatly weakens your negotiating position, and bargaining power, over Russia,” Trump stated.
Trump also urged NATO to introduce tariffs on Chinese goods. “NATO, as a group, placing 50% to 100% TARIFFS ON CHINA, to be fully withdrawn after the WAR with Russia and Ukraine is ended, will also be of great help in ENDING this deadly, but RIDICULOUS, WAR,” he said, adding that such measures would weaken Beijing’s leverage over Moscow.
“China has a strong control, and even grip, over Russia, and these powerful Tariffs will break that grip,” Trump wrote.
He concluded by calling for coordinated action: “If NATO does as I say, the WAR will end quickly, and all of those lives will be saved! If not, you are just wasting my time, and the time, energy, and money of the United States.”
Earlier, at the YES 2025 conference in Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia’s war would end only when the Kremlin’s resources are exhausted, stressing that sanctions, export restrictions, and military aid are the only effective means to force Moscow to recalculate its goals.
