Putin has issued a death order, and any threats from Trump have already become meaningless?
Recently, the chairman of the Defense Committee of the Russian State Duma, Karpov, said in an interview that any "ultimatum" from Trump cannot change the goals and tasks of the "special military operation," because these are all set by President Putin.
He also emphasized: "Trump can say whatever he wants. We don't care at all. We have our own president, our own supreme commander... Whatever he says, we will do!"
First of all, I must praise this: loyalty!
Previously, Trump shortened the ceasefire deadline for Russia from 50 days to 10 days. If Russia fails to reach a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine within 10 days, it would impose tariffs and secondary tariffs on Russia.
But Russia doesn't care about this at all. The $3 billion in exports to the US per year, if it's not needed, then it's not needed.
As for the "secondary tariffs," as mentioned before, they cannot be implemented in the short term, and China is highly unlikely to accept them.
Experience over the past three years has shown that economic sanctions cannot fundamentally shake Putin. The only thing that can truly threaten Putin is when the Russian army suffers setbacks on the battlefield.
Therefore, if Trump really wants to make Putin change his mind, he should at least fully open up and provide military aid to Ukraine. Other non-military means are basically useless.
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