Trump calls on all NATO countries to stop buying Russian oil, threatens 50% to 100% tariffs on China

President Donald Trump said Saturday helium believes the Russia-Ukraine warfare would extremity if each NATO countries stopped buying lipid from Russia and placed tariffs connected China of 50% to 100% for its purchases of Russian petroleum.

Trump posted connected his societal media tract that NATO'S committedness to winning the warfare "has been acold little than 100%" and the acquisition of Russian lipid by immoderate members of the confederation is "shocking." As if speaking with NATO members, helium said: "It greatly weakens your negotiating position, and bargaining power, implicit Russia."

Since 2023, NATO subordinate Turkey has been the 3rd largest purchaser of Russian oil, aft China and India. according to the Centre for Research connected Energy and Clean Air. Other members of the 32-state confederation progressive successful purchasing Russian lipid see Hungary and Slovakia. It's unclear whether Trump would privation to straight face Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan oregon Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. That leaves uncertain whether the threats mightiness really pb to caller tariffs oregon a prohibition connected Russian lipid purchases.

Trump's station arrives aft the Wednesday formation of aggregate Russian drones into Poland, an escalatory determination by Russia arsenic it was entering the airspace of a NATO ally. Poland changeable down the drones, yet Trump played down the severity of the incursion and Russia's motives by saying it "could person been a mistake."

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that the drone incursion was "unacceptable and unfortunate and dangerous" arsenic helium judged NATO's effect truthful acold to beryllium appropriate. Still, Rubio said it was unclear if the drones were intentionally sent to Poland.

"The question is whether the drones were targeted to spell into Poland specifically," Rubio said. "If that's the case, that the grounds leads america there, past evidently that would beryllium a highly escalatory move."

While Trump arsenic a campaigner promised to extremity the warfare quickly, helium has yet to deed the unit points needed to extremity the unit and has astatine times been seen arsenic reluctant to face Russian President Vladimir Putin. Congress is presently trying to get the U.S. president to backmost a measure toughening sanctions, aft Trump past period hosted Putin successful Alaska for talks that failed to present connected advancement toward peace.

The U.S. and its allies are seeking to amusement a firmer grade of resoluteness against Russia. At an exigency U.N. Security Council gathering Friday, acting U.S. Ambassador Dorothy Shea said America "will support each inch of NATO territory" and that the drones entering Poland "intentionally oregon different amusement immense disrespect for good-faith U.S. efforts to bring an extremity to this conflict."

Britain connected Friday besides took steps to penalize the trading of Russian oil, including a prohibition connected 70 vessels allegedly utilized successful its transportation. The United Kingdom besides sanctioned 30 individuals and companies, included businesses based successful China and Turkey, that person supplied Russia with electronics, chemicals, explosives and different weapons components.

Trump successful his station Saturday said a NATO prohibition connected Russian lipid positive tariffs connected China would "also beryllium of large assistance successful ENDING this deadly, but RIDICULOUS, WAR."

The president said that NATO members should enactment the 50% to 100% tariffs connected China and retreat them if the warfare that launched with Russia's 2022 penetration of Ukraine ends.

"China has a beardown control, and adjacent grip, implicit Russia," helium posted, and almighty tariffs "will interruption that grip."

The U.S. president has already imposed a 25% import taxation connected goods from India, specifically for its buying of Russian vigor products. He has placed successful full a 50% tariff connected India, though Trump has indicated that negotiations with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi could assistance settee differences.

The imaginable of further import taxation hikes connected China and its retaliation could transportation collateral harm for the U.S. and European economies.

Earlier this year, Trump deed Chinese goods with caller tariffs totaling 145%, prompting China to respond with 125% import taxes connected American goods. Taxes astatine that level were fundamentally a blockade connected commerce betwixt the world's 2 largest economies, causing worries astir planetary maturation that led to negotiations that ratcheted down the tariffs being levied by some nations.

So that commercialized talks could proceed, America lowered its tariffs against China to a still-high 30%, portion China took its complaint to 10%.

In his post, the Republican president said work for the warfare fell connected his predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He did not see successful that database Putin, who launched the invasion.

Trump's station builds connected a telephone Friday with concern ministers successful the Group of Seven, a forum of industrialized democracies. During the call, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called connected their counterparts to person a "unified front" to chopped disconnected "the revenues backing Putin's warfare machine," according to Greer's office.