Washington, DC [US], March 31 (ANI): President Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin: cooperate on ending the ukraine“>Ukraine war or face additional tariffs on Russian oil, CNN reported.

In a phone interview with the NBC news, Trump stated he’s “pissed off” with Putin’s actions and may impose additional tariffs on Russian oil if if Putin doesn’t cooperate in ongoing negotiations to end his war in ukraine“>Ukraine.

“I was very angry — pissed off — when Putin started getting into Zelensky’s credibility, because that’s not going in the right location, you understand?” Trump said in the interview with “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker.

“But new leadership means you’re not gonna have a deal for a long time, right?” Trump said.

Trump further warned that a failure to reach a deal could result in significant consequences, including secondary tariffs on Russian oil, as per CNN.

“If Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in ukraine“>Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia‘s fault — which it might not be — but if I think it was Russia‘s fault, I am going to put secondary tariffs on oil, on all oil coming out of Russia,” he said.

When asked if he’d speak with Putin this week, Trump said yes, but only if Putin “does the right thing,” adding that he told Welker that Putin is aware he is angry.

During the interview, he also sent a striking warning to Iran, stating that if the Islamic Republic fails to reach an agreement with the United States over its nuclear program, it will face severe consequences, including ‘possible bombings’ and secondary tariffs.

Further, Trump also mentioned Iran and sent a striking warning to Iran of possible bombings and secondary tariffs if the Islamic Republic does not reach an agreement with the United States over its nuclear program.

“If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing,” Trump said.

Iran’s president responded by rejecting negotiations with the US, marking Tehran’s first response to a letter Trump sent to the country’s supreme leader. Trump also mentioned the possibility of reimposing economic pressure, similar to his past actions.

“There’s a chance that if they don’t make a deal, that I will do secondary tariffs on them like I did four years ago,” Trump told “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker.

During his first term, Trump pulled the US out of a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, a pact that imposed strict limitations on Tehran’s contentious nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. (ANI)

During an interview, Donald Trump mulled seeking a third term as president. But the constitution states that a president can only serve a maximum of two terms.

US President Donald Trump has said would consider seeking a third presidential term — something barred by the constitution.

“I’m not joking,” he told US broadcaster NBC in a phone interview on Sunday night. “There are methods which you can do it.”

“I have had more people ask me to have a third term, which in a way is a fourth term because the other election, the 2020 election, was totally rigged,” he said, still maintaining the incorrect belief that Joe Biden stole the 2020 presidential race.

NBC suggested Vice President JD Vance could run for office, then “pass the baton” back to Trump.

“Well, that’s one [method],” Trump said, “but there are others too.”

When asked to specify another, he replied: “No.”

He qualified that plans for a third term, which would require a constitutional amendment, are still somewhat distant.

“I don’t want to talk about a third term now because no matter how you look at it, we’ve got a long time to go.”

The 78 years-old president would be 82 at the time of the next elections in 2028.

Authoritarian concerns continue to grow

Under current law, no president may serve more than two terms.

“This is yet another escalation in his clear effort to take over the government and dismantle our democracy,” New York congressman Daniel Goldman, a Democrat, said in a statement.

“If Congressional Republicans believe in the constitution, they will go on the record opposing Trump’s third term.”

Trump’s supporters in government have shown their determination.

“I’m a firm believer that President Trump will run and win again in 2028,” right-wing White House strategist Steve Bannon told broadcaster News Nation.

“We’re working on it. I think we’ll have a couple of alternatives… we’ll see what the definition of term limit is.”

America’s four-term president

The two-term limit on US presidents is less than 80 years old.

Prior to 1951, only serving two terms as president was just a tradition stemming from first-ever president George Washington’s decision not to seek a third term in 1796.

Franklin D. Roosevelt served as US President for 12 years
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But Franklin Delano Roosevelt sought an unprecedented third term in 1940, which he won in a landslide.

In 1944 he won a fourth term before passing just five months later.

In 1947, congress approved a 22nd amendment to the constitution, limiting presidential terms to two. It was fully ratified and came into effect in 1951.

Two days after Trump’s inauguration, a Republican congressman introduced a new resolution to amend the constitution to allow Trump a third term.

Tory MPs are complaining about Kemi Badenoch‘s ‘controlling’ approach and her effective ban on criticising the Trump team.

Insiders said the party leader, pictured below, did not want her ministers doing too much press. ‘We feel we have to walk on eggshells,’ one MP told The Mail on Sunday, describing Mrs Badenoch’s office as ‘controlling’.

For her front bench, certain topics have been off limits – in particular, criticism for President Trump and his top team. ‘Kemi thinks she’s friends with (Vice-President) Vance and can influence the Maga crowd,’ one MP said. ‘It is delusional.’

Even backbench Tory MPs have refused to comment on stories for fear of being reprimanded amid being told not to do too much press.

Tory MPs are complaining about Kemi Badenoch’s (pictured) ‘controlling’ approach and her effective ban on criticising the Trump team

President Donald Trump has caused much controversy since he returned to the White House earlier this year

Last week MPs who privately rallied against Mr Trump’s chief negotiator Steve Witkoff’s (pictured) comments on Ukraine giving up territory said they did not go public because they knew the leader’s office would not approve

Another MP said: ‘I feel more worried about getting told off by my party than offending the US. Russia is getting a free pass. I don’t know why we’re not calling that out.’

Only senior MPs such as former foreign secretaryJames Cleverly, who writes in today’s The Mail on Sunday, feel they can criticise the Trump administration. Last week MPs who privately rallied against Mr Trump’s chief negotiator Steve Witkoff’s comments on Ukraine giving up territory said they did not go public because they knew the leader’s office would not approve.

Mr Witkoff was accused of ‘regurgitating Kremlin propaganda’ in an interview on the matter. Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel declined to comment. Sources close to Ms Patel said they kept quiet because it is ‘not diplomatically helpful’.

A spokesman for Mrs Badenoch said: ‘Kemi has said foreign policy must act in Britain’s national interest. If our domestic industries are going to avoid punishing tariffs then we must act responsibly in our approach to the US.’

Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel (pictured) declined to comment. Sources close to Ms Patel said they kept quiet because it is ‘not diplomatically helpful’

If we’re at odds with America, China will be licking its lips

Analysis by James Cleverly

When I went to China in 2023 as Foreign Secretary, I had a list of contentious issues to discuss, from Taiwan to Beijing’s cyber activity and sanctions against British MPs. Foreign Minister Wang Yi calmly defended his government and then moved on to a charm offensive, talking about areas of potential UK-China co-operation.

James Cleverly served as Foreign Secretary for the Conservative Government from 2022 until 2023

But two years on and the reality is President Trump risks delivering China’s aims by disrupting America’s relationship with its long-term friends.

The post-war networks built by Trump’s predecessors are being quickly eroded. Take the hollowing out of America’s main aid agency USAid, set up by JFK at the height of the Cold War to push back against Soviet influence. It is now Beijing rather than Moscow buying influence.

And, of course, there is a troubling question mark over the Trump administration’s support for Nato.Defence pacts rely on predictability, and our partners in the Pacific will not be encouraged by America’s behaviour to its European allies. The Marshall Plan pumped billions into post-war Europe to build Western capitalist economies, rather than Communist states linked through coercion.

If America makes trade more expensive, China will be ready to pick up any displaced demand. I have no doubt President Xi is delighted with America’s public spats. It is, after all, his geopolitical ambition to ostracise the US – but it shouldn’t also be Trump’s.

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His point was the UK should come out from the ‘US’s shadow’ and not be dictated to by Washington – to drive a wedge between the UK and US, and to break what China sees as American hegemony.