Donald Trump further proposed that NATO, as a group, should place โ50% to 100% tariffs on Chinaโ until the Russia-Ukraine conflict ends, adding that such measures would break what he described as Chinaโs โstrong gripโ over Russia.
US President Donald Trump has called on NATO allies to take sweeping collective action to pressure Moscow and end the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. In a strongly worded post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump urged NATO nations to stop purchasing Russian oil and to impose heavy tariffs on Chinaโranging from 50% to 100%โuntil the war concludes.
Trump stated that the United States is prepared to implement “major sanctions on Russia” but only if all NATO allies commit to similar measures. “I am ready to โgoโ when you are. Just say when?” he wrote, addressing what he described as NATOโs insufficient commitment to the war effort. He criticised several NATO countries for continuing to buy Russian oil, saying it undermines the allianceโs negotiating power with Moscow.
In a letter-style message titled โA Letter Sent by President Donald J. Trump to All NATO Nations and the Worldโ, the former president emphasised that coordinated sanctions and trade measures could rapidly bring an end to the conflict. “This deadly, but ridiculous, war,” Trump wrote, “will end quickly” if his recommendations are followed.
Trump further argued that China holds significant influence over Russia and proposed that high tariffs imposed by NATO on Chinese goods would weaken that influence. These tariffs, he said, should remain in place until the war ends and would be fully lifted once peace is restored.
Criticising the current administration, Trump declared, โThis is not Trumpโs war (it would never have started if I was President!). It is Bidenโs and Zelenskyyโs war.โ He claimed over 7,000 lives were lost in the past week alone and that swift, unified action could save thousands more.
Trump concluded his message with a warning to NATO: โIf NATO does as I say, the war will end quicklyโฆ If not, you are just wasting my time, and the time, energy, and money of the United States.โ
The post has sparked renewed debate over NATO’s role in the conflict and the West’s approach to diplomatic and economic pressure on Russia and China.