Trump thus threw a right hook right into the side of Putins head with this move.
Trump vows 'very severe' secondary tariffs on Russia if no Ukraine deal in 50 days. These are up to 100% and essentially will force countries to choice between Russian oil or US tariffs. Countries like India and China are the huge players purchasing Russian crude and this will be a huge blow to them.
Within days additional Patriot Air Defense Systems will arrive filling a critical need of Ukraine to keep their cities safe.
Trump is also gearing up to send advanced munitions to Ukraine to hit Russia. This is a dramatic and complete 180 of what everyone thought Trump would do. Russia is in deep deep trouble and its clear Trump realized he got jerked around by Putin and he is pissed.
Munitions discussed include the following… 30 Russian bases would be within the strike zone