In a surprising escalation, President Donald Trump declared Russia an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to the United States, citing ongoing actions in Ukraine and tightening U.S. sanctions by hitting India with harsh new tariffs.
Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday morning stating that he had received “additional information” from top officials about Russia’s role in the Ukraine conflict. The order expands the scope of Executive Order 14066, which was originally signed in response to the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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Create Your Will Online“I find that the national emergency described in Executive Order 14066 continues,” Trump said in the order, “and that the actions and policies of the Government of the Russian Federation continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.”
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