“I was very, very happy with the position of Trump to put more sanctions on Russia,” Mark Rutte told CNBC.
NATO's Secretary-General Mark Rutte hailed newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump's warning on Wednesday that Russia could expect more tariffs and sanctions if it did not end the war in Ukraine.
NATO's Secretary-General Mark Rutte hailed newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump's warning on Wednesday that Russia could expect more tariffs and sanctions if it did not end the war in Ukraine."I was very, very happy with the position of Trump to put more sanctions on Russia. We know that the Russian economy is doing terribly bad, and the sanctions will help," he told CNBC on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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