Trump said he trusted Putin to keep a Ukraine peace deal
President Trump met with Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain in Washington yesterday. While sitting beside the British leader in the Oval Office, Trump said repeatedly that he believed that Vladimir Putin, Russia’s leader, would not violate the terms of whatever peace deal might be reached to end the war in Ukraine. Here’s the latest.
“I think he’ll keep his word,” Trump said. “I’ve known him for a long time now.”
His attitude toward Moscow could hardly be more different than Starmer’s, who had come to the White House to pledge troops to a postwar peacekeeping effort, and to urge Trump not to abandon Ukraine to Putin’s demands.
Trump was asked if the U.S. would aid Britain should they send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine, only for Russia to renege on a peace deal. The president waffled. In the span of one minute, Trump seemed to say no, then yes, before landing back on no.
“They don’t need help,” he said.
Tariffs: Trump said that Canada and Mexico tariffs would go into effect on March 4, claiming that the countries had still not done enough to stop the flow of drugs into the U.S. He said on social media that China would face an additional 10 percent tariff next week.
