Trump said that US tariffs on semiconductor and pharmaceutical imports would be announced “within the next week or so,” as the administration prepares to target key economic sectors in its effort to remake global trade.

Pro-trade groups won’t take President Donald Trump's love for tariffs at face value, as they gear up for another round of outreach aimed at securing relief.

"If energy goes down enough, Putin is going to stop killing people," Trump said in an interview on CNBC. "If you get energy down, another $10 a barrel, he's going to have no choice because his economy stinks.

US President Donald Trump has claimed that lower energy prices could influence Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and force him to end the war against Ukraine. Source: Trump in an interview with CNBC, as reported by European Pravda Details: The US president believes that lowering oil prices is enough to force Putin to end the war.

Falling oil prices could compel Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested in an interview with CNBC aired on Aug. 5. Russia's energy exports remain the key source of income for its wartime economy and continue to finance its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.