Trump’s New Tariff List Excludes Russia—Here’s What the White House Is Really Saying 😮 Donald Trump’s latest tariff announcement had social media buzzing for all the wrong reasons. While countries like China and Mexico made the cut, one name was glaringly absent: Russia. Instantly, critics began raising eyebrows and pointing fingers, accusing the former president of once again going soft on Vladimir Putin. After all, Trump has publicly expressed admiration for the Russian leader for years, so it’s no surprise the omission sparked outrage and speculation.
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But according to the White House, there's more going on beneath the surface. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Axios that Russia was left off the tariff list for a practical reason—not a political one. She explained that existing sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have already crippled U.S.-Russia trade, reducing it to just $3.5 billion a year. In simple terms: there’s barely anything left to slap a tariff on. The same reasoning, she said, applies to Cuba, North Korea, and Belarus.
Still, that explanation hasn’t cooled down the public reaction. Many are questioning whether these sanctions truly limit trade enough to justify the exclusion—or whether this is yet another chapter in the long and controversial Trump-Russia saga. With 2024 around the corner, every move Trump makes is under a magnifying glass, and this one just lit up like a spotlight.
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