By Jarrett Renshaw
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday mentioned his endurance with Russian President Vladimir Putin was working out, however stopped wanting threatening new sanctions over the Ukraine warfare.
Requested if his endurance with Putin had run out, Trump mentioned: “Yeah. It is form of working out and working out quick.”
In an interview with Fox Information, Trump mentioned he had lengthy had a superb relationship with Putin, however expressed frustration at his failure to finish the warfare.
“We’ll have to come back down very, very robust,” he mentioned. Trump mentioned sanctions on banks and oil had been an possibility, together with tariffs, however European international locations additionally wanted to take part.
“However I’ve already executed it. I’ve executed quite a bit,” Trump mentioned, noting that India – one of many greatest patrons of Russian oil – was going through a 50% tariff on its exports to the U.S.
“That is not a straightforward factor to do. That is an enormous deal and it causes a rift with India,” he informed the “Fox & Buddies” program. “And keep in mind this, it is a Europe downside, rather more than our downside.”
(Reporting by Jarrett Renshaw, Katharine Jackson and Andrea Shalal; Enhancing by Doina Chiacu)
