Steve Thompson PhD<p>Trump's tariffs list is missing one big country: Russia</p><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/04/02/trump-tariffs-russia-ukraine-ceasefire" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/04/02/trump-tar</span><span class="invisible">iffs-russia-ukraine-ceasefire</span></a></p><p>Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Axios Wednesday that Russia was left off because U.S. sanctions already "preclude any meaningful trade." However, the U.S. still trades more with Russia than with countries like Mauritius or Brunei that did make Trump's tariffs list.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TRUSSIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TRUSSIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LEAVITT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LEAVITT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PROPAGANDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PROPAGANDA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TRUMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TRUMP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PUTIN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PUTIN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TARIFFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TARIFFS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PRESS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PRESS</span></a></p>