Trump on his ultimatum to Russia: 50 days is not long

US President Donald Trump does not think the 50 days he has given Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine is too long.

Source: European Pravda, citing Sky News, which quoted Trump speaking with journalists at the White House on 15 July

Details: The US president said, "I don't think 50 days is very long."

"And it could be sooner than that," Trump added, repeating that he does not think 50 days is very long.

Trump once again accused his predecessor, Joe Biden, of "getting us into this war".

In response to a separate question about what would happen if Russia refuses to reach a peace deal at the end of 50 days, the US president said, "It's going to be too bad."

"The tariffs are going to go on and other sanctions go on," Trump promised.

Background: 

• The US president has said that Ukraine should not target Moscow with strikes, following media reports that he discussed this with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy the day before.
• On 14 July, Trump once again expressed his disappointment with Russia and promised to impose very severe tariffs if a peace agreement is not reached in the near future.
• "We are very, very unhappy with them [Russia – ed.]. We're going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don't have a deal in 50 days. Tariffs at about 100%. You call them secondary tariffs [tariffs against Russia's trading partners – ed.]," Trump added.

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