'Europe is my friend but ...': Donald Trump hits the NATO for 'Don't Do The Work'

US President Donald Trump has requested NATO and European countries to take a more difficult stance against Russia, and specifically criticism of Europe because he still bought oil from Moscow. Trump said with reporters: ‘They don’t do the job. NATO must come together. Europe must gather. Europe is my friend, but Europe buys oil from Russia. I don’t want them to buy oil. And the sanctions they tackle are not tough enough. And I am willing to do sanctions, but they will have to get their sanctions, but I do what I do. ‘ “Just to make it clear, you would not continue until the NATO moves forward. Well, I’m ready to move on, but they have to do it. But at the moment they talk and they don’t. Look, they buy oil from Russia. We do not buy oil from Russia. They buy a lot of oil from Russia. It’s not the agreement, ‘he added. He also criticized European countries for continuing to import liquid natural gas from Russia. “However, it is not the agreement. The agreement is that they are not supposed to be natural gas or that they are cigarettes, I don’t care. They are not supposed to buy from Russia,” he added. When asked to hold a summit to mediate between Russia and Ukraine, he confirmed: “Whether you call it a top or just gather a gathering, no matter, but I will probably have to get that they can hardly talk to each other. They can’t talk to each other.” Recently, Trump wrote a letter to NATO countries saying: “I’m ready to do big sanctions against Russia when all NATO countries have agreed and began to do the same, and when all NATO nations stop buying oil from Russia.” Furthermore, Trump suggested that NATO rates from 50 percent to 100 percent on China. “I believe that, plus the NATO, as a group, 50 percent to 100 percent rates on China, to fully return to the war with Russia and end Ukraine, will also be of great help to end this deadly but ridiculous war,” Trump wrote. “China has a strong control and even grip over Russia, and these powerful rates will break the grip.” Trump also hit the previous administration and said: “It’s not Trump’s war (it would never have started if I was president!), It’s the war of Biden and Zelenskyy. I’m just here to help stop it and save thousands of Russian and Ukrainian lives (7,118 lives last week alone, crazy!” The Trump administration imposed rates of up to 50 percent on India, including a 25 percent rate specifically aimed at Delhi’s import of Russian oil, under the steepest charged worldwide on any country. India condemned the move as ‘unfair, unjustified and unreasonable’. In response, India defended its continued purchase of Russian rough, saying that its energy decisions are led by national interests and market conditions. The Potus attributed its heavy tariff to India as a ‘vast majority’ brass of military equipment and crude oil from Russia. In a position on social media, Trump also claimed that India enabled Russia in the war against Ukraine in one way through the oil purchases. (With inputs of ani)