Trump threatens Russia with tariffs, sanctions if it doesn't end 'ridiculous' Ukraine war

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : In a post to his social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday, Trump said he was "not looking to hurt Russia," adding that "I love the Russian people, and always had a very good relationship with President Putin.
58% : Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron met with Zelensky in Paris in December as many world leaders gathered in France to celebrate the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral.
44% : "Trump said he wants to "get this war, which never would have started if I were President, over with" and that Russia can "do it the easy way, or the hard way -- and the easy way is always better.
42% : "If we don't make a 'deal,' 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.
42% : For him, this is the destruction of political isolation.
31% : They have ridiculously lost 400,000 soldiers, and many more civilians," Trump stated on Truth Social at the time, saying that he knew Russian President Vladimir Putin "well" and that it was "his time to act.
28% : "Last month, Trump called for a ceasefire and negotiations to occur between Russia and Ukraine in light of the heavy losses experienced by both sides of the nearly three-year-old conflict.
22% : IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE," Trump said.

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