US White House Press Secretary Caroline Lewitt said that President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a heavy tariff on India was indirectly to pressurize Russia to end the war in Ukraine. He told reporters that Trump has doubled India’s tariff rate to 50 percent – the current 25 percent has added an additional fee of 25 percent. He described the move as part of the administration’s strategy to pressurize Moscow targeting countries continuing business with Russia.
He further stated “The President has put heavy pressure on the public to end this war. As you have seen, he has also taken ban on India and other steps,” he further said that his purpose was to put “second pressure” on Moscow. He further said, “He has mocked the idea of others that we should wait for a month more before any meeting. The President wants to move forward, and he wants to end this war as soon as possible. It has come a few days after Trump’s hosting Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelansky at the White House, where the two leaders indicated the possible triple trip to the Russian President Vladimir Putin. Was.
Trump strives for peace in Ukraine
The press secretary of the White House said that President Donald Trump is firm to end the Ukraine war as soon as possible. Lewit said “The President wants to move forward and he wants to end this war as soon as possible … After all European leaders including NATO general secretary leaving the White House, they all agree that this is a great first step. And it’s a good thing that these two leaders will sit together, and the President hope that it will happen.” I can convince you, “I can assure you that the United States and the United States administration and the United States administration can assure both the United States and the United States. Working to make bilateral talks possible. “
Lewitt reported that the European leaders reached the White House within 48 hours of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin due to Trump’s peace efforts. When asked if Trump had been the President, this struggle could have been avoided, Levit repeated the administration’s stand.
He said, “The President often says that if he had been in office, this war would not have started and Putin has confirmed it.” Lewit confirmed that Putin has also accepted the view, which strengthens Trump’s long -standing claim that his President could have avoided war.
Apart from this, US President Donald Trump said that American soldiers would not be sent to help Ukraine against Russia. Trump also said in a TV interview that Ukraine’s expectations to join NATO and reconstruct the Crimea Peninsula from Russia are “impossible”. A long meeting was held on Monday between Trump, Ukraine President Volodimir Jailnsky and other European leaders in the ‘White House’ (the official residence and office of the President of the US).
While answering the questions of journalists, Trump did not ruled out the possibility of sending American soldiers to participate in European -leadership attempts to protect Ukraine under the security guarantee sought by Jailonski. After his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska last week, Trump said that Putin is ready to idea of guarantee security guarantee for Ukraine but in the ‘Fox and Friends’ program of ‘Fox News Channel’ on Tuesday, he said that American soldiers would not be sent to help protect Ukraine.