"Trump doesn't want to force Putin." Klimkin explained why the United States will not lower the price of Russian oil
US President Donald Trump wants to reach an agreement with dictator Vladimir Putin without resorting to pressure, and therefore will not lower the ceiling on oil prices, believes Foreign Minister (2014-2019), analyst Pavlo Klimkin. He spoke about this in the new episode of "Klimkin Explains" on the YouTube channel LIGA.net.
According to Klimkin, even if the European Commission lowers the price ceiling for Russian oil from the current $60 to $45 per barrel, "nothing will happen until the Americans also say "yes."
"And according to my information, Trump is not ready for this. He does not want to bend Putin. Because his tactics (I don't know if he has a strategy, maybe he does, but he definitely has tactics) are to come to an agreement with Putin, but not by forcing him or bending him," the analyst explained.
The expert did not rule out that "at some point he [Trump] will go crazy and do something like that," but at the same time noted that in today's situation, Putin "will sell himself to [the US president] as a channel or several channels of communication" with Iran.
You can watch the full conversation at the link at the beginning of the news or below:
- On June 13, President Zelensky announced that during negotiations with the United States, Ukraine would insist on imposing price caps on Russian oil and new sanctions against the aggressor country's energy sector.
- On June 14, Trump and Putin had a phone conversation, during which they mostly discussed the Iran-Israel conflict.
- On June 15, the US president said he was not opposed to the Russian dictator mediating in the Israel-Iran conflict.