Fire spitting Donald Trump is reducing the 50-day deadline he set for Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to a deal on Ukraine.
Pressed on what exactly the new deadline is, he says it is now “10 or 12” days from today.
Two weeks ago, he told Putin he had 50 days to come to an agreement. 
On 14 July, during an Oval Office meeting with Nato chief Mark Rutte, Trump promised severe tariffs on Russia’s trading partners if Putin didn’t reach a deal with Ukraine.
The US president said he would enforce 100% secondary tariffs if there was no deal in 50 days.
This means any country that continues to trade with Russia would face a big tax to sell their products to the US, business reporter.
Although Russia already faces widespread sanctions in the west, it still trades with a host of countries, including India and China.
