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President Donald Trump His first sanctions against Moscow have been put on his first sanctions against Moscow since he re-entered his office in the Ukrainian war, so he doubled his demand for European countries to stop purchasing all energy from Russia.
Trump said in a reporter’s speech Sunday night that European countries, especially those countries NATODespite the EU’s new sanctions last week, there has not been enough opposition to Russia.
“They didn’t do the job. NATO has to get together. Europe has to get together.” “Europe… they are my friends, but they are buying oil from Russia, so we can’t expect us to be the only one who is totally bored.”
U.S. President Donald Trump addressed reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Airport on September 14, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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He continued: “Europe is buying oil from Russia. I don’t want them to buy oil.” Russia Russian officials are “not hard enough.”
“I’m willing to impose sanctions, but they’re going to have to strengthen sanctions that match what I’m doing,” Trump confirmed.
European countries have greatly reduced their dependence on Moscow’s oil after Russian president Vladimir Putin In February 2022, it invaded Ukraine, especially countries such as Hungary, Slovakia, France, Belgium and Spain, which are the most important Russian energy importers in Europe.
Hungary – President Stay friendly with Putin Despite being a NATO country, Europe is the main importer of Russian crude oil and pipeline natural gas, buying more than twice the Russian energy imports in any other European country.
France is the second largest buyer of Russian energy and continues to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) Bypassing EU sanctionspartly because of long-standing legally binding commitments.
These agreements mean that Paris has committed to face or face arbitration in the early 2030s or Punishment. Although the report shows that LNG imports are not only planned for French consumption, but also passed to third-party countries like Germany.
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Last month, the EU’s Data Protection Agency confirmed that the group had imported it Russian liquefied natural gas worth $5.2 billion In the first half of 2025.
Trump’s comments were posted the day after he sent them Letter to NATO That is, he was ready to impose major sanctions on Russia, when all NATO countries agreed and started doing the same thing, and when all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia,”
But when asked Sunday about his plan to attack Russia with plans that have not expanded U.S. sanctions since the bicycle government – he suggested that Europe might need Stop all LNG imports The same is true.
The president claimed that all Russian imports should be banned at this time and said: “The deal is that they shouldn’t – whether it’s natural gas or cigarettes, I don’t care – they shouldn’t buy them from Russia.”
The president has not expanded the deal he refers to, he has no comment on the United States Russian imports worth $2.1 billion It was purchased in the first five months of 2025 and consists primarily of enriched uranium, palladium and fertilizers.
Right President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left at a joint press conference on Friday, August 15, 2025 at Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska’s joint base in Alaska. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Additionally, he called on NATO allies to attack China with “50% to 100% tariffs”, which he said would only be withdrawn after the war in Ukraine, a rate currently higher than Washington’s 30% tariffs, although this could be greatly expanded given Trump’s recent threat to China. Tariffs are as high as 200%.
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s questions about the report.
