NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte calls Trump’s decision to sell weapons to NATO for Ukraine ’significant‘ amid stalled peace talks with Russia and threats of secondary tariffs.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the White House’s decision to sell weapons to NATO countries for distribution to Ukraine was a „significant“ moment for Europe amid stalled peace negotiations to end Russia’s war.
Rutte met with President Donald Trump Monday in Washington, D.C., where the commander-in-chief announced the sale of billions of dollars worth of weapons, including Patriot air defense missile systems, and threatened 100% secondary tariffs on countries that trade with Russia if a deal isn’t made within 50 days.
„This is significant“, Rutte said on „Special Report.“ „So today, if you are in Beijing, or in Delhi, or you’re in Brazil and you know that this is coming to you, you might want to call Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and say, ‘Hey, friend, we are still buying stuff from you, but you have got to get serious when it comes to these negotiations on the ceasefire or a peace deal, or otherwise we get hit by the secondary sanctions.’“
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.
