Donald Trump warns Putin that there will be ‘VERY severe consequences’ if Russia does not stop the war in Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump has warned President Vladimir Putin that there will be very severe consequences if Russia does not agree to stop the war in Ukraine after their meeting on Friday. Trump made the warning against the dictator today, saying he was yet to be convinced he would be able to persuade Putin to stop killing civilians. Mr Trump cautioned that if he ‘doesn’t get the answers’ he needs on Friday ‘then we’re not going to have a second meeting’. Asked if Russia will face consequences in that scenario, Mr Trump said: ‘Yes, they will. There will be consequences.’ Asked if that would be sanctions or tariffs, Trump said: ‘I don’t have to say. There will be very severe consequences.’ But he hoped that there would be a ‘quick second meeting’ following the summit between Putin, Zelensky ‘and myself if they’d like to have me there’. Describing the purpose of Alaska, Mr Trump said it was ‘to find out where we are and what we are doing’ before a ‘more productive meeting’ with the Ukrainian president. It is hoped that this second summit would take place in a neutral European country. It also emerged that Trump is planning to offer Putin access to rare earth minerals to incentivise him to end the war, including opening up Alaska’s natural resources to Moscow and lifting some sanctions.It may also include giving Russia access to the rare earth minerals in the Ukrainian territories under their occupation, the Telegraph reported. US vice president, JD Vance today said the US President had vowed that they would ‘bring peace to Europe’ in a speech at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. He channelled the spirit of how America and Britain had brought peace by victory in World War Two after spending the week with Foreign Secretary David Lammy at Chevening House in Kent. Describing what he and Mr Lammy had discussed, the Vice President said: ‘What we did is we worked on one of our most important shared security goals in Europe, which is the end of the war between Russia and Ukraine. ‘The President of the United States came in six months ago, and I just talked to him right before I came on the stage, and he said very simply that we are going to make it our mission as an administration to bring peace to Europe once again.’The post Donald Trump warns Putin that there will be ‘VERY severe consequences’ if Russia does not stop thewarinUkraine appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.