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Trump confronts European leaders over Russian oil, argues purchases fund Putin’s war efforts

In this photo taken on Wednesday, April 5, 2006, A view of reservoirs of Russian state-controlled oil giant OAO Rosneft, at Priobskoye oil field near Nefteyugansk, in western Siberia, Russia. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze) **FILE**

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President Trump took European leaders to task Thursday for their nations’ purchases of Russian oil, opening a new battlefront in the so-called economic war he’s waging on Moscow to end the war in Ukraine.

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President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order requiring the Justice Department to investigate instances of flag burning, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

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President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order requiring the Justice Department to investigate instances of flag burning, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

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This undated photo provided by JHL Capital Group LLC shows the Mountain Pass Mine in San Bernardino County, Calif. the only producer of rare earth minerals in the United States. Rising trade tensions have many people worried about the 17 exotic-sounding rare earth minerals needed to make high-tech products like robotics, drones and electric cars. But trade experts say China's recent threats to stop all imports of the minerals to the U.S. are not cause for panic. (JHL Capital Group LLC. via AP) ** FILE **

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In this Sept. 17, 2021, photo, a National Guardsman stands guard at a fence that runs along the Rio Grande near the International bridge in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

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This undated photo provided by JHL Capital Group LLC shows the Mountain Pass Mine in San Bernardino County, Calif. the only producer of rare earth minerals in the United States. Rising trade tensions have many people worried about the 17 exotic-sounding rare earth minerals needed to make high-tech products like robotics, drones and electric cars. But trade experts say China's recent threats to stop all imports of the minerals to the U.S. are not cause for panic. (JHL Capital Group LLC. via AP) ** FILE **

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Then-President Donald J. Trump's name is printed on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak in this April 23, 2020 photo taken in San Antonio. Early in the pandemic, government relief checks became an attractive target for criminals. A federal inspector general sent a stark warning to Congress, saying they are leaving a massive amount of stolen taxpayer money in scammers' pockets because lawmakers haven't extended the statute of limitation on pandemic unemployment fraud. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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In this photo taken on Wednesday, April 5, 2006, A view of reservoirs of Russian state-controlled oil giant OAO Rosneft, at Priobskoye oil field near Nefteyugansk, in western Siberia, Russia. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze) **FILE**

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