Trump open to Russia sanctions if Europe follows

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President Donald Trump said he is prepared to impose sanctions on Russia but insisted European countries must match U.S. measures, criticising their continued purchases of Russian oil.

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00:00United States President Donald Trump says he is ready to impose new sanctions on Russia,

00:06but only if Europe takes matching action.

00:09He also criticized European countries for continuing to buy Russian oil,

00:14saying their sanctions are still too weak.

00:18Well, they're not doing the job. NATO has to get together, Europe has to get together and do it.

00:22Look, Europe is, they're my friends, but they're buying oil from Russia.

00:27So we can't be expected to be the only ones that are full bore.

00:32But Europe is buying oil from Russia. I don't want them to buy oil.

00:37And the sanctions that they're putting on are not tough enough.

00:41And I'm willing to do sanctions, but they're going to have to toughen up their sanctions commensurate with what I'm doing.

00:48Trump also said he is confident a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin

00:52and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will take place soon.

00:55However, he added that he would need to attend the talks and lead discussions

01:00as he said the two leaders strongly dislike each other.

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