Washington, July 15 -- President Don-ald Trump said that US could impose 100% tariffs on Russia if Moscow does not agree to a deal to end the Ukraine war within 50 days. "We're going to be doing secondary tariffs," Trump told reporters during a meeting with Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte on Monday. "If we don't have a deal in 50 days, it's very simple, and they'll be at 100%." A White House official said Trump was referring to 100% tariffs on Russian exports as well as secondary sanctions on other countries that buy its exports. Trump and Rutte announced a new scheme that would ensure a flow of American weapons to Ukraine through Nato nations. "We're going to make top-of-the-line weapons, and they'll be sent to Nato," Trump said, adding that Washington's Nato allies would pay for the weapons. The weapons would include Patriot air defence missiles which Ukraine has urgently sought to defend its cities from Russian air strikes. "It's a full complement with the batteries," Trump said when asked whether he would send Patriot missiles specifically. "We're going to have some come very soon, within days... a couple of the countries that have Patriots are going to swap over and will replace the Patriots with the ones they have." Rutte said Germany, Finland, Canada, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Denmark would be among the buyers to supply Ukraine. He said "speed is of the essence here", and he said the shipments should make Putin "reconsider" peace negotiations. Trump has long boasted of his friendly relationship with Putin, and after taking office in January repeatedly said that Russia was more willing than Ukraine to reach a peace deal. At the same time, Trump accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of prolonging the war and called him a "dictator without elections". But Russia's relentless onslaught against civilian areas of Ukraine wore down Trump's patience. In April, Trump urged Putin to "STOP!" launching deadly barrages on Kyiv, and the following month said in a social media post that the Russian leader "has gone absolutely CRAZY!" as the bombardments continued. "It just keeps going on and on and on," Trump said on Monday. "Every night, people are dying." According to reports in the US media, White House officials confirmed that Trump will pursue 100% tariffs on Russia and secondary sanctions on countries that purchase Russian energy. Trump told reporters that the tariffs on Russia would be "biting" and "powerful". Trump's threats to impose tariffs on Russia come even as momentum builds behind the Sanctioning Russia Bill 2025 in the United States Senate. The bill proposes 500% tariffs on countries that purchase Russian energy products, including India and China. India was the second largest buyer of Russian fossil fuels in May 2025, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. It estimated that India purchased fossil fuels worth €4.2 billion from Russia in May, with crude oil amounting to 72% of the total. Last week, President Trump said that he would strongly consider the bill, which was introduced in the Senate in April. The bill has bipartisan support in the Senate and is backed by Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator and a close ally of President Trump. However, the bill also makes provisions for the President to provide specific countries waivers for select periods of time. Trump has expressed support for these waiver provisions....