Donald Trump has been threatened by a Putin mouthpiece that he will be the 'last president' if he isn't careful.
The 79-year-old has recently voiced his frustrations at the Russian leader, admitting in a 20-minute call with the BBC: "I'm disappointed in him, but I'm not done with him.
"But I'm disappointed in him."
Trump has not been shy in voicing his feelings towards his Russian counterpart, even calling the latter's demands 'bull****' in a foul-mouthed rant.
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Audio tapes were also leaked earlier this month, where Trump could be heard saying that he told Putin that he would 'bomb the s**t out of Moscow' if they were to invade Ukraine.
While Putin himself has not responded to Trump's many comments, his associates and supporters have not been shy in threatening the west in the past.
This time, Russian economist Nikolay Mezhevich has taken aim at the US president.
Responding to Trump's threat of sanctions being placed on Russia if the conflict with Ukraine was not to be solved in the next 50 days, he called the president's bluff.
He stated that if Trump thought he had invented something new, he is 'mistaken', adding that Russia has been 'offered capitulation' following the US leader's 50-day deadline, 'if we translate from diplomatic to direct language'.
“So the question is different: what can Trump scare us with? Sanctions? They already exist,” he stated.
“Threat to bomb Moscow? No problem – but any first-year student knows that the US will get a ‘share of the non-peaceful atom’ in response.”
Mezhevich then chillingly stated: “If Trump wants to become the last president of the US - this can be solved.”
The economist believes that Trump is simply issuing ultimatums without any strategic or tactical thinking, suggesting that he is now waiting for Russia's response.
“We will not insult the American administration, criticise Trump or explain to him what he already knows,” Mezhevich added.
Speaking more about the worldwide conflicts going on, he said that the president 'understands perfectly well' that they are all separate.
"Believe me, Trump understands perfectly well that the Houthis are one situation, Syria is another, Iran is a third, and Russia is a fourth, and diametrically opposed, and dialogue with it must be conducted differently," Mezhevich explained, adding that his tactics elsewhere may not work with Russia.
Trump has accused Putin of moving the goal posts constantly when trying to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
His frustrations come from his promise to end the Eastern European conflict on 'day one' of his second spell in the White House, though we are now closing in on 180 days this week.
Claiming that they're still 'working at it', Trump believes that he'll have 'a great conversation' with Putin when the time comes.
He did also acknowledge: "I'll say: 'That's good, I'll think we're close to getting it done', and then he'll knock down a building in Kyiv."
Topics: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Russia
Joshua Nair