"If a deal is not reached, I will have no other choice but to put high levels of taxes, tariffs, and sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States and other participating countries," President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social.
@LaFinlandia it’s kabuki theater. He plays tough guy to give Putin cover for negotiating but the result will not be full withdrawal (as it should be). Putin will have grabbed more Ukraine and survived the debacle he started. Trump will have provided a pretext that Ukraine should stand down or else. If they stop fighting Trump will paint himself as the hero and then relax sanctions which is the other thing Putin desperately needs. Putin rebuilds to come back and finish the job later.