Ledger · Second term · № 258
Ultimatum to Putin cut from 50 days to '10 or 12 days'
Broken“[paraphrase] I'm going to reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number... about 10 or 12 days from today.”
- Promised
- , Remarks alongside UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Turnberry, Scotland
- Stated deadline
- “10 or 12 days” → August 8, 2025
- Overdue by
- 1 year, 1 month as of September 22, 2026
- Re-promised
- 2 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Ukraine & Russia
- Era
- Second term
What happened
Trump had given Russia 50 days on July 14, 2025 to reach a deal or face 'severe' secondary tariffs, then shortened it to 10-12 days on July 28. The shortened deadline expired around August 8, 2025 with no comprehensive sanctions regime imposed on Russia itself; instead Trump met Putin in Alaska on August 15, 2025. CNN's analysis at the time noted the new deadline deserved skepticism given the string of expired two-week deadlines before it.