It remains to be seen just how lasting and severe President Donald Trump’s turn against Vladimir Putin will be. Trump has criticized the Russian president in unprecedented terms in recent days and signaled he’ll send vital weapons to Ukraine.

But his frustration with Putin has grown. Last week, the president said the United States was taking “a lot of bullshit” from Putin. Today, he authorized a significant shipment of U.S. defensive weapons to Ukraine via NATO and threatened Russia with new tariffs if the war does not end in 50 days.

Donald Trump has remarked that it will be 'too bad' if Vladimir Putin refuses to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine. Speaking to the press on the White House South Lawn on Tuesday, following his threat of imposing "secondary tariffs" of up to 100% on Moscow if they don't strike a deal within the next 50 days,

Vladimir Putin’s conduct has prompted Donald Trump’s shift as Russia’s war effort in Ukraine has gotten only more aggressive.

The US president spoke to reporters on the White House South Lawn on Tuesday afternoon, the day after he threatened to impose "secondary tariffs" on Moscow

President Trump discussed how he came to give up on negotiating with Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House on Monday, as the U.S. agrees to sell new and more weapons to Europe and Ukraine.

I am very disappointed with President Putin,” Trump said July 13. “I thought he was somebody that meant what he said."

U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly said during his campaign that, if elected to a second term, he would be able to end the war between Russia and Ukraine “in 24 hours.” Trump's rhetoric toward both Zelenskyy and Putin has evolved during his second term in the White House.