‘Increasingly frustrated': Trump gives Putin 50 days to end war in Ukraine
'Trump is getting increasingly frustrated with Russia, he has given Putin 50 days to end the war,' Ms Tate told Sky News host Chris Kenny.
'If he does not do so, he is going to start applying secondary tariffs to countries that trade with Russia.'
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