Perhaps feeling the heat, Trump informed NBC News late Thursday that: “We’re sfinishing weapons to NATO, and NATO is paying for those weapons, a hundred percent.”
“We’re going to be sfinishing Patriots to NATO, and then NATO will distribute that,” he added.
Across Europe, there’s a feeling of whiplash over the Trump administration’s recent Ukraine policy reversals plus confusion about who is creating decisions at the Pentagon, while Kyiv worries that the aid package passed under the previous administration could soon run out, and the Republican-dominated U.S. Congress displays no sign of approving a new one.
“We discussed with our partners the possibility of purchasing the necessary weapons packages in Europe and primarily in the U.S.,” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared Thursday. “We’re talking about air defense systems, ammunition, and so on.”
Though Trump’s commitment to Ukraine has been uncertain since his return to office, he has in recent months voiced frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his refusal to finish the war.
In his NBC interview, Trump again expressed disappointment in Russia and declared he would build “a major statement” Monday — though the contents of that are unknown for now.
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