US President, Donald Trump has reduced the 50-day peace deadline, setting a new deadline of 10 or 12 days for Russian President, Vladimir Putin to agree to Ukraine deal.
Two weeks ago, Trump threatened trade consequences if no peace deal is reached with Ukraine within 50 days. During a meeting with NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, Trump announced, “We’re going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don’t have a deal in 50 days.”
However, speaking to reporters alongside UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer at his golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland, Trump asserted that there’s no reason to wait. He said repeatedly that he was “very disappointed” with the Russian President. “I want to be generous but we just don’t see any progress being made,” he added.
Speaking earlier, Trump said that he was going to reduce the 50 days he had given Putin “to a lesser number, because I think I already know the answer.”
“We thought we had that settled numerous times, and then President Putin goes out and starts launching rockets into some city like Kyiv and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever.”
Donald Trump
In a clear bid to put more pressure on Russia, he said that he will cut it down to “10 or 12” days. He reiterated his threat to Putin that he would slap secondary sanctions on countries that do business with Russia if the deadline is missed. He said, “I don’t want to do that to Russia, I love the Russian people, great people.”
He asserted that Putin has got to make a deal, saying, “Too many people are dying.” He added that he would confirm the exact timing for his new 10-12 days deadline, “tonight or tomorrow.”
Trump said that he’d “always got along with President Putin” and “had a great relationship with him,” even if he was “tough” on him.
“I thought we’d be able to negotiate something. Maybe that’ll still happen, but it’s very late down the process. I’m disappointed.”
Donald Trump
This new deadline marks a dramatic acceleration on Russia and Ukraine. Ukraine welcomed President Donald Trump’s announcement that he was reducing the 50-day deadline he had given to Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree a peace deal with Ukraine to “10 to 12 days.”
Andriy Yermak, Chief of staff to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said in a post on X that Trump was “standing firm and delivering a clear message of peace through strength.”
“@POTUS has already said he’s shortening the timeline he gave Putin, because he believes the answer is obvious. Putin respects only power — and that message is loud and clear. When America leads with strength, others think twice.”
Andriy Yermak
Trump Credits Involvement For Thailand-Cambodia Ceasefire
Separately, President Donald Trump credited his involvement for a ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand.
Trump wrote on Truth Social from Scotland that he has spoken to the Acting Prime Minister of Thailand and Prime Minister of Cambodia. “I am pleased to announce that, after the involvement of President Donald J. Trump, both Countries have reached a CEASEFIRE and PEACE. Congratulations to all!,” he added.
He disclosed that he has instructed his Trade Team to restart trade negotiations with the two countries. Over the weekend, Trump said that he told the leaders, he wouldn’t make a trade deal with the countries “unless you settle the war.”
Speaking during a bilateral meeting with UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer earlier Monday, Trump took credit for the diplomatic breakthrough.
“We solved that war — you probably saw it just — came out over the wire, so we solved it through trade. I said, ‘I don’t want to trade with anybody that’s killing each other,’ so we just got that one solved.”
Donald Trump
The ceasefire comes following days of clashes across the two countries’ disputed border.
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