Uh, any questions. >> Russia. Um, earlier you said that you were going to change the deadline from 50 days.>> I'm going to make a new deadline of about 10 uh 10 or 12 days from today. There's no reason in waiting. There's no reason in waiting.It's 50 days. I want to be generous, but uh we just don't see any progress being made. Is the sanction the same that you're going to slap 100% tariff on anybody who does business with Russia.>> So what I'm doing is we're going to do secondary sanctions unless we make a ...

I'm going to make a new deadline of about 10 uh 10 or 12 days from today. There's no reason in waiting. There's no reason in waiting.It's 50 days. I want to be generous, but uh we just don't see any progress being. ...

Mr. . President, what about Russia and Ukraine are talking about ceasefires, which the way I would have said five times we would have had a deal. I have spoken to President Putin a lot.I always say I got along with him very well. But five times and every time. Four times maybe.But we've had discussions. Your I have had discussions with all we had that settled numerous times. And then President Putin goes out and starts launching rockets into some city like Kiev and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or ...

All right, 15% tariffs on our biggest trading partner. Um, I was at the New York Stock Exchange in recent weeks. A lot of people were saying to me essentially 15%, that's the new zero. It seems to be a number that's palatable to the market.Do you agree with this idea that the market can continue to move higher and that businesses can move with a certain degree of certainty with 15% tariffs. >> That's the big question. Uh, 15% looks like the baseline.Um, and that's that's the big question. Have we reached th ...

International Relations - Donald Trump expresses desire for "denuclearisation" [1] - Donald Trump aims for talks with China and Russia to halve defence spending [1] - Neither China nor Russia seems interested in halving defence spending [1]

Military equipment will be bought at whatever price. It’s a non-negotiable spend for any regime. That’s why North Korea spends 25%+ of its GDP on the military.So it’s not totally crazy to reboot manufacturing with a military-first approach. It may work over the very long run. The issue is that those armaments need to be price-competitive abroad to win any war of attrition abroad.For example, if their drones cost $2000 and your missiles cost $2M, that can only be sustained so long as the money printer keeps ...

Geopolitical Strategy - Donald Trump advocates for "denuclearisation" and discussions with China and Russia to cut defense spending by 50% [1] - Neither China nor Russia appears receptive to Trump's proposal [1]

Five killed as Ukraine and Russia trade drone attacks https://t.co/1ktGxby0eQ ...

After years of being propped up by demand for its oil, a broad and tightening array of sanctions are having increasingly visible effects on Russia’s economy https://t.co/USS8qhi2BR ...

Geopolitical Strategy - Donald Trump expresses a desire for "denuclearisation" [1] - Donald Trump proposes talks with China and Russia to halve defence spending [1] International Relations - China and Russia do not appear interested in Donald Trump's proposal [1]