President Donald Trump announced plans for sweeping reciprocal tariffs Wednesday, saying “our country has been looted, pillaged, raped, plundered” by other nations.
Of the 180 countries, including U.S. allies, that are now being hit with retaliatory tariffs, Russia isn’t on the list.
Following Trump’s Rose Garden announcement, a White House official told NOTUS’ Jasmine Wright that Russia is “not on this list because sanctions from the Ukraine war have already rendered trade between the two countries as zero.” …CONTINUE READING
