Sec. Scott Bessent: The Europeans Have Given Russia and Vladimir Putin More Money Than They’ve Given the Ukrainians

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BESSENT: "President Trump has made it clear he wants the killing to stop And the so-called grand bill gives the president the flexibility gives him 60 days to assess the situation And Kristen, let’s look what’s really happening here That the Europeans have given the Russia and Vladimir Putin more money than they’ve given the Ukrainians They continue to gorge on Russian energy There is a facility called the Amal facility In the first six months of the year there were 140 cargoes that left 136 of those went to Europe to Belgium, to Spain, to France to the Netherlands Over eight billion dollars So we have asked in the spring I ask our European allies to join us in putting secondary tariffs on China on India They refused So why should the US bear the burden? So President Trump perhaps we will be in contact with our And partners why should the US go it alone Kristen?"