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President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.   Anna Moneymaker, Getty Images/AFP

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States

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Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1737566199515012125_Trump 4.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States. Anna Moneymaker, Getty Images/AFP"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States. <em>Anna Moneymaker, Getty Images/AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to make a deal to end the grinding Ukraine war &quot;now&quot; or face tariff hikes and more sanctions.</p><p>&quot;If we don&#x27;t make a &#x27;deal,&#x27; and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries,&quot; Trump said on his Truth Social network.</p><p>Trump said he was &quot;not looking to hurt Russia&quot; and had &quot;always had a very good relationship with President Putin,&quot; a leader for whom he has expressed admiration in the past.</p><p>&quot;All of that being said, I&#x27;m going to do Russia, whose Economy is failing, and President Putin, a very big FAVOR. Settle now, and STOP this ridiculous War! IT&#x27;S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE.&quot;</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/1/20/trump-vows-sweeping-change-0050">READ: Trump sworn in for second term vowing sweeping change</a></div><p>Trump was taking a harder line than he had during a White House press conference on Tuesday, when he said it &quot;sounds likely&quot; that he would apply additional sanctions if Putin did not come to the table.</p><p>The US president also declined to say whether he would continue his predecessor Joe Biden&#x27;s policy of sending weapons to Ukraine to fight off Russia&#x27;s invasion, launched in February 2022.</p><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABTaKUf5xY3SSmu6&amp;activation=click&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script><p>&quot;We&#x27;re looking at that,&quot; he said at the press conference. &quot;We&#x27;re talking to (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky, we&#x27;re going to be talking to President Putin very soon.&quot;</p><p>Prior to his inauguration on Monday, Trump had vowed to end the Ukraine war before even taking office, raising expectations he would leverage aid to force Kyiv to make concessions to Moscow.</p><p>In unusually critical remarks of Putin on Monday, Trump said the Russian president was &quot;destroying Russia by not making a deal.&quot;</p><p>Trump added that Zelensky had told him he wanted a peace agreement to end the war.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>US President Donald Trump told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to make a deal to end the grinding Ukraine war "now" or face tariff hikes and more sanctions.</p>

US President Donald Trump told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to make a deal to end the grinding Ukraine war "now" or face tariff hikes and more sanctions.

Trump tells Putin to make Ukraine deal 'now' or face tariffs, sanctions

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Trump tells Putin to make Ukraine deal 'now' or face tariffs, sanctions

Agence France-Presse

Published January 23, 2025 01:53 AM PHT

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