Trump defends giving Putin '50 days' to make peace with Ukraine

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Trump threatens ‘severe tariffs’ on Russia if ceasefire deal with Ukraine not reachedIt comes as the president announces NATO will send U.S. Patriot Missile systems to Ukraine.

After President Donald Trump threatened to impose “very severe” economic penalties against Vladimir Putin’s Russia if he doesn’t agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine within 50 days, the Trump administration has so far declined to provide many additional details about the consequences Russia will face or why he picked the deadline he chose.

“Well, at the end of 50 days, if we don’t have a deal, it’s going to be too bad,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday.

When asked why he decided to give the Russian leader nearly two months to comply with his demand, President Trump deflected.

“I don’t think 50 days is very long. It could be sooner than that,” Trump said.

“You should have asked that same question to Biden. Why did he get us into this war?” he continued. “You know why he got us in? Because he’s a dummy, that’s why.”

Despite pledging additional U.S. made weapons for Ukraine, Trump also said he didn’t support Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy ordering strikes on the Russian capital.

“He shouldn’t target Moscow,” he said. “No, we’re not looking to do that.”

The next 50 days

If the president sticks to his 50-day window, Russia can continue to carry out its summertime campaign against Ukraine until early September without facing additional consequences.

In his interview with CNN, Whitaker was also asked about how Trump made the decision on the timeline but didn’t give a clear answer.

“The time to end the slaughter is now. The time to end the killing is now. And so 50 days is the appropriate amount of time because it needs to happen now,” he responded.

Currently, Russia is making modest gains against Ukraine and may soon seek to leverage those advances to launch additional offenses in the eastern reach of the country, according to a recent assessment from the Institute of the Study of War.

Many officials and experts have long predicted that the Kremlin would push off serious talks on ending the war until the cooler months set in because it hopes to strengthen its position at the negotiating table by claiming as much territory as possible during the summer season.

In an interview with the BBC on Monday, Trump indicated he still wanted to pursue diplomacy with Russia, but that his patience with Putin was wearing thin.

“I’m not done with him, but I’m disappointed with him,” he said.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov responded to Trump’s threats on Monday, saying Moscow needed “time to analyze” the comments.

“The U.S. president’s statements are very serious,” Peskov said.

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haha tinakot niya pa ang Russia na napaka tagal nang nakalubog sa sanctions, wala nang epekto sa Russia ang additional sanctions

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So when Trump threatens “severe tariffs,” Russia’s economy may be bruised, but it’s not broken let’s see and Putin knows how to play the long game.

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And not because of US sanctions. Putin’s war has been going on for too long and it needs to end because so many people are dying, he doesn’t want to stop just to get what he wants.

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yung point diyan bossing is that US should do more than just sanctions, alam nila na walang effect sa Russia yan pero sige pa rin gamit ng same but not working strategies

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No, The point here is because that St. Putin doesn’t want to negotiate in peace talks, I repeat, not in US sanctions since you already said that sanctions have no effect on them.

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nope, matagal nang ganyan si Putin bossing, ang bago lang dito is yung action ng US, at walang kwenta ang method na ginagamit nila to tame Putin

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Let’s look at the next events with Putin. It’s been like that for a long time, even during the Soviet Union era, they wanted to expand their territory even more as a result of the dissolution and St. Putin wants to reset/repeat it.

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wala din naman silang pinagkaiba with US, who also want to be the solo superpower so i am always thanking Russia and China for going against the US’ ambitions

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The evil of Russia, China, Iran, North Korea will not prevail the 4 new axis of powers.

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i don’t see them like that since superpower na ang US and there should be a balancer, walang evil and angel, ang meron lang is power that needs to be balanced

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Sanctions have weakened Russia’s economy, pero hindi pa rin sapat para mapilitan silang mag-ceasefire agad. Halimbawa, ang ruble nawala ng 30% ng value nito since 2022, at ang inflation umabot sa 8.5% noong 2024, partly dahil sa sanctions. Pero yung military aid sa Ukraine, tulad ng Patriot systems, mas malaki ang impact kaysa sa sanctions lang.

These countries form loose partnerships to counter U.S. dominance, not a cohesive “evil” bloc. For instance, China’s trade with Russia surged 30% since 2022, but it avoids direct military involvement, showing pragmatic rather than ideological alignment.

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Oh, i see thanks for the information. So plbg what is your imaginary statement about this sanctions have weakened Russia economy?

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matagal nang kinaya mabuhay ng Russia with just a weak economy, di na yan bago sa kanila, in fact sa tagal ng sanctions na kahit ni minsan ay hindi na-lift ay naging normal na sa kanila na mabuhay in the midst of sanctions, so a weak economy won’t destroy a country, in fact tayo nga is still running the Philippines under a weak economic status

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Okay. At least you answered :laughing: Thanks.

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hehe what doesn’t kill Russia only makes them stronger

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Huh? Anyway thanks. :laughing:

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oh sorry akala ko nasa level ka na to understand that haha