President Trump in a phone call urged Europe to stop buying Russian oil once and for all — and to ramp up the economic pressure on China “for funding Russia’s war efforts,” a White House official told The Post on Thursday.
The call came after a meeting in Paris of the “Coalition of the Willing,” a group of more than 30 European nations committed to supporting Ukraine and hammering out security guarantees that will help end Moscow’s war on the county.
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“President Macron and European leaders called President Trump into their ‘Coalition of the Willing’ meeting,” the official said. “President Trump emphasized that Europe must stop purchasing Russian oil that is funding the war — as Russ