Romanian Foreign Minister Supports Trump in Attempt to Wean EU Off Russian Gas

Romania agrees with the “ambitions” of US President Donald Trump, who is demanding that all EU countries sever energy ties with Russia in response to the war in Ukraine, said Foreign Minister Oana Toiu. “We agree in Romania – and I have mentioned this to Secretary of State Marco Rubio as well – that the ambition that President Trump has put forward, the request actually to members of the European Union, to cut off from energy sources from Russia that generate profit that is used to fund the war, is the proper decision,” Minister Toiu explained, according to euronews.com. “Romania has taken that decision for a while now,” she added. In September, Trump stated that he would not impose new sanctions against Russia until EU countries stopped replenishing Putin’s military fund by purchasing Russian gas and oil. Trump also imposed so-called “secondary tariffs” on India for importing Russian oil and threatened to impose similar duties on other countries.