{"id":48756,"date":"2025-07-15T23:07:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T23:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/07\/15\/trump-downplays-possibility-of-sending-ukraine-long-range-weapons\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:44:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:44:46","slug":"trump-downplays-possibility-of-sending-ukraine-long-range-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2025\/07\/15\/trump-downplays-possibility-of-sending-ukraine-long-range-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump downplays possibility of sending Ukraine long-range weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/07\/10\/us-resumes-sending-some-weapons-to-ukraine-after-pentagon-pause\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/07\/10\/us-resumes-sending-some-weapons-to-ukraine-after-pentagon-pause\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Tuesday downplayed the possibility of sending Ukraine long-range weapons as Kyiv awaits an injection of U.S. weaponry that it hopes will help it beat back an intensifying Russian air offensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump offered a more cautious tone on what to expect after he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/07\/14\/trump-threatens-russia-with-tariffs-and-boosts-us-weapons-for-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/07\/14\/trump-threatens-russia-with-tariffs-and-boosts-us-weapons-for-ukraine\/\">threatened Russia a day earlier with steep tariffs<\/a> if President Vladimir Putin doesn\u2019t act within 50 days to end the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\">three-year conflict<\/a>. He also on Monday announced plans to bolster Kyiv\u2019s stockpile by selling American weapons to NATO allies who would in turn send arms to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Providing Ukraine with more long-range weaponry would give Kyiv the chance to strike further into Russian territory, a move that some in Ukraine and the U.S. have said could help push Putin toward negotiations to end the fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/07\/15\/ukrainians-welcome-us-aid-concerned-over-trumps-ultimatum-to-putin\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25195521211328.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Ukrainians welcome US aid, concerned over Trump\u2019s ultimatum to Putin<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Trump delayed \u201cvery severe\u201d sanctions on Russia for 50 days, sparking criticism from Ukrainians and European leaders who see the delay as too long.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked if he intended to supply Ukraine with weapons that could reach deeper into Russian territory, Trump replied, \u201cWe\u2019re not looking to do that.\u201d He made the remarks to reporters before departing the White House for an energy investment event in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Trump\u2019s threats of weapons, sanctions and tariffs mark the most substantive pressure he\u2019s placed on Putin since returning to office nearly six months ago, some lawmakers said they remain concerned that the administration, with the 50-day deadline, is giving Putin time to grab even more Ukrainian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sens. Thom Tillis, a Republican from North Carolina, and Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat from New Hampshire, said waiting 50 days before imposing sanctions on Russia would give Putin more time to gain an advantage in the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe 50-day delay worries me that Putin would try to use the 50 days to win the war, or to be better positioned to negotiate a peace agreement after having murdered and potentially collected more ground,\u201d said Tillis, who recently announced he won\u2019t run for reelection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tillis and Shaheen lead the Senate NATO Observer Group, which facilitates work between Congress and NATO, and met Tuesday with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump himself scoffed at the idea that 50 days is giving Putin too much time. The president suggested he may act more quickly if he does not see signs that Putin is taking steps toward ending the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t think 50 days is very long and it could be shorter than that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahead of Trump\u2019s announcement that he would <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-tariffs-russia-ukraine-war-b265ec364349a7e2065982064748e69a\" rel=\"\">impose a 100% tariff<\/a> on Russia\u2019s trading partners if Putin doesn\u2019t negotiate an end to the war, bipartisan legislation proscribing even tougher sanctions on Moscow was gaining steam in the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legislation, in part, calls for a 500% tariff on goods imported from countries that continue to buy Russian oil, gas, uranium and other exports. It would have an enormous impact on the economies of Brazil, China and India, which account for the vast majority of Russia\u2019s energy trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Trump on Monday said \u201cat a certain point it doesn\u2019t matter\u201d how high the tariff is set and that \u201c100% is going to serve the same function.\u201d Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he was putting the legislation on hold following Trump\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump during his campaign described the conflict as a waste of U.S. taxpayer money and vowed to quickly end it on his first day back in office. He deflected when asked by a reporter on Tuesday if his tougher tone on Putin suggests he\u2019s now on Ukraine\u2019s side in the bloody conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m on nobody\u2019s side,\u201d Trump said, adding this concern was for \u201chumanity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. officials say they are still sorting through Ukraine\u2019s wish list of weaponry to determine what can be most quickly replaced after Trump announced an agreement for Europe to supply Ukraine with defensive munitions from existing stocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss arms transfers that have not yet been approved or completed, said Ukraine\u2019s requests for military equipment are roughly the same as they have been since the start of Russia\u2019s invasion. Those include air defenses like Patriot missiles and Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems, long-range missiles known as ATACMS and short- to medium-range ground-to-air missiles known as NASAMs, and assorted artillery, according to the officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the terms of the very rough agreement sketched out by Trump and Rutte on Monday, NATO members would ship billions of dollars of these weapons to Ukraine and then purchase replacements for them from the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One official said some of the larger items \u2014 such as Patriots\u2014 could take up to five years to produce to deliver to the European donors, while smaller munitions like 155mm artillery shells can be produced on a much shorter timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has lately changed his once friendly tune toward Putin, whom he has long admired and whom he sided with publicly over his national security team during his first term when asked whether Russia had interfered in the 2016 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent weeks, Trump has chastised Putin for continuing his brutal assault on Ukrainian cities, even noting that the Russian leader \u201ctalks nice and then he bombs everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has continued to blame his White House predecessors for Putin\u2019s 2022 invasion on neighboring Ukraine \u2014 a conflict he says would have never happened if he were reelected in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s fooled a lot of people,\u201d Trump said Monday at the White House. \u201cHe fooled Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden. He didn\u2019t fool me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In February, Trump expressed confidence that Putin \u201cwill keep his word\u201d on any deal to end the war in Ukraine. But in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c5yg7eg8w98o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c5yg7eg8w98o\">an interview with the BBC<\/a> published Tuesday, when asked whether he trusted Putin, Trump paused before answering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI trust almost nobody, to be honest with you,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI\u2019m disappointed in him, but I\u2019m not done with him. But I\u2019m disappointed in him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writers Melissa Goldin and Matthew Lee contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump on Tuesday offered a more cautious tone on what to expect after he\u00a0threatened Russia a day earlier with steep 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