Donald Trump has asked the EU to impose tariffs of up to 100% on India and China as part of an effort to force the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, to end the war in Ukraine, according to reports.
The US president made the demand during a meeting between US and EU officials discussing options to increase economic pressure on Russia on Tuesday, according to the Financial Times, BBC and Bloomberg, who cited sources familiar with the discussions.
Trump’s proposal comes amid his frustration at brokering a peace deal, including at a high-profile summit with Putin in Alaska, and amid Russia’s increasing drone attacks, including its largest ever air attack on Ukraine last week.
I thought because he had someone write a book for him about deals, and because he was given a game show that showed what a crafty and Bigly Important Bidness Man he was, that he was going to just magically end this conflict on day one?
He’s now asking EU to blow up their own economies like he is blowing up ours (I just saw some idiot on Faux say “we have to dig out from four years of Biden”, lolololol, WTAF. Okay, Einstein. Yeah, the Goldilocks economy that was the envy of the world. What a horrible burden for Taco to inherit…JFC. ) to end the conflict?