President Trump suggested a few minutes ago that he may end up having to use sanctions against Russia in order to make them serious about ending their war in Ukraine.
After the missile attack on civilian areas in Kyiv, Trump writes that he doesn’t think Putin wants to end the war and is ‘just tapping’ him along, thus pointing out the need for extra motivation like sanctions.
The first part of this is Trump expressing his unhappiness with “Liddle’ Peter Baker’ at the New York Times, who just wrote about Ukraine and the demands he feels they should get to stop the war:
No matter what deal I make with respect to Russia/Ukraine, no matter how good it is, even if it’s the greatest deal ever made, The Failing New York Times will speak BADLY of it. Liddle’ Peter Baker, the very biased and untalented writer for The Times, followed his Editor’s demands and wrote that Ukraine should get back territory, including, I suppose, Crimea, and other ridiculous requests, in order to stop the killing that is worse than anything since World War II. Why doesn’t this lightweight reporter say that it was Obama who made it possible for Russia to steal Crimea from Ukraine without even a shot being fired. It was also Liddle’ Peter who wrote an absolutely fawning, yet terribly written Biography, on Obama. It was a JOKE! Did Baker ever criticize the Obama Crimea Giveaway? NO, not once, only TRUMP, and I’ve had nothing to do with this stupid war, other than early on, when I gave Ukraine Javelins, and Obama gave them sheets. This is Sleepy Joe Biden’s War, not mine. It was a loser from day one, and should have never happened, and wouldn’t have happened if I were President at the time. I’m just trying to clean up the mess that was left to me by Obama and Biden, and what a mess it is.
With all of that being said, there was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days. It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he’s just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently, through “Banking” or “Secondary Sanctions?” Too many people are dying!!!
General Jack Keane said earlier this year that he fully believes Putin wants to win the war and will just tap Trump along until his four years are up and another president gets elected. Sounds like Trump is already onto this and I would imagine these sanctions are going to go in place very soon.