The US President is about to unleash “shock and awe” on Russia and warned that things “are going to change dramatically.”
Donald Trump has mobilised two nuclear submarines close to Russia and within days Vladimir Putin will be hit with “secondary sanctions” which will put severe restriction on their oil exports.
Putin’s oil exports raises billions which is used to help finance his war on Ukraine and in less than a week these secondary sanctions will be imposed.
Trump issued a 50 day ultimatum to Russia to end the war, and then this week the US President gave Moscow 10 days.
Trump said this week reduced the timeline as he said he sees “no reason to wait” and he is “not interested in talking” with Putin.
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On Monday Trump said, “We thought we had that settled numerous times, and then President (Vladimir) Putin goes out and starts launching rockets into some city like Kyiv and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever.”
Senator Jim Risch, chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee said the latest sanctions will also include 100% tariff on those who buy Russian oil, such as China and India.
He told The Telegraph, “When and if secondary sanctions hit, it’s going to be shock and awe. Things are going to change dramatically.”
Republicans have backed a bill to slap Russia with 500% of tariffs on Moscow’s allies, but Trump bought this down to 100%, possibly so he can up scale this over the coming weeks or months.
President Trump on his Truth Social, “Remember, while India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively little business with them because their Tariffs are far too high, among the highest in the World, and they have the most strenuous and obnoxious non-monetary Trade Barriers of any Country.
“Also, they have always bought a vast majority of their military equipment from Russia, and are Russia’s largest buyer of ENERGY, along with China, at a time when everyone wants Russia to STOP THE KILLING IN UKRAINE — ALL THINGS NOT GOOD!
“INDIA WILL THEREFORE BE PAYING A TARIFF OF 25%, PLUS A PENALTY FOR THE ABOVE, STARTING ON AUGUST FIRST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. MAGA!”
The Kyiv Independent reported, the Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded to the US President saying, “We have been living under a large number of sanctions for quite some time — our economy operates under heavy restrictions, so naturally, we have developed a certain immunity to it.”
The deputy chair of Russia’s security council Dmitry Medvedev said, “(Donald) Trump’s playing the ultimatum game with Russia: 50 days or 10… He should remember two things: One, Russia is not Israel or even Iran.
“Two, each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war.
“Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with his own country. Do not go down the Sleepy Joe road!”
The Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said, “No threat from anyone can be beneficial to the process of normalization.
“It is a law of nature — if there are threats, how can they possibly foster normalization? If normalization is to take place, then threats should naturally recede as mere remnants of the past.”
