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President Donald Trump took a different tone on Russian leader Vladimir Putin during his cabinet meeting on Tuesday, excluding “Bull —-“.
Trump was creating a contrast amid the assistance sent to Ukraine during his first term and what was the approval by former President Barack Obama.
“I gave them a spear. Remember? He said,” Trump gave a spear and Obama gave him sheets. ” Correct. “It was a war that should have been. And a lot of people are dying and it should be finished. And I don’t know, we don’t get … We get a lot of bulls —- Putin was thrown on us.
When Russia canceled Crimea in 2014, Obama rejected Ukraine’s request for fatal assistance and sent non-fatal military assistance instead, including items such as blankets, night vision devices and medical supply. In December 2017, Trump marked a change in US policy towards Ukraine by approving the sale of Javelin missiles and launch units.
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President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Ivan Wuki)
Trump said on Tuesday that a biden administration’s bottled return from Afghanistan gave Putin a green light to the green light to start a full -scale invasion of Ukraine.
Trump told reporters, “I think you did not have the situation in Afghanistan, I don’t think Putin would have been taken inside.” We are working with him now. We are also not happy with Putin. I am not happy with Putin, I can tell you a lot now, because he is killing many people, and many of them are his soldiers, his soldiers and his soldiers, mostly and it is now up to 7,000 in a week. And I am not happy with Putin. “
Last week, Trump said he was “very disappointed” with his phone call with Putin, who later refused to withdraw from his objectives and began the biggest aerial attack on Ukraine since the war began. Meanwhile, Trump reported a “very strategic call” with Ukrainian leader Volodimir Zelancesi, as the United States weighed whether Kiev had to sell more Patriot missiles.
Since starting his second term, Trump has expressed a “good relationship” with Putin. As the US attempted to negotiate a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine, Trump reported a “long and very productive” calls with Putin in March. Meanwhile, a meeting at the Oval office with Zelansky became increasingly controversial as Trump and Vice President JD Vance accused the Ukrainian leader of being gathered for US support and opposing a peace deal.
“You are gambling with World War III, and what you are doing is very derogatory towards the country,” Trump told Zelanski in February, this country has supported you far more than many people. ”
Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on 30 June 2025 in Kremlin in Moscow. (Contributor/Getty Picture)
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Trump and Zelancesi met in the Hague during the NATO summit last month, and later the US President said about Zelancesi, “he couldn’t be good,” expressing a mutual desire to see a three -year -long struggle.
During his cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump criticized the US military aid scale sent to Ukraine under former President Joe Biden, while praising “brave” Ukrainian fighters.
“I would say that Ukrainian was brave, but we gave him the best equipment so far,” Trump said. Without it, the President said, the struggle, “Maybe there would have been a war, a war that would last for 3 or 4 days.”
“But he had the advantage of incredible equipment and Europe also gave them. We gave them more because – Biden should not have done this. They should have equaled,” Tram said. “We should have given them the same or we should actually give them less than Europe because it affects Europe a lot more than us. But we are for more than $ 300 billion. Europe has more than 100 billion times, but still Europe gave a lot.”
The Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelancesi speaks on July 3, 2025 during a press conference in Denmark. (Martin Sylvest Anderson/Getty Images)
“And I would say this. Ukrainian, do you think it’s unfair whether we have given all the money or not, they were very brave because someone had to operate that stuff,” Trump said. “And many people know me that it will not be operated. They would not have the courage to do so. So they fought very bravely, but we gave them the best equipment in the world. We make the best military equipment so far. Nobody is closed.”
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The Pentagon stopped the shipment of American weapons for Ukraine in June, which was out of anxiety for American stockpiles of important sages, including the Patriot missiles amidst the Israeli-Iran struggle.
Trump said some American weapons for Ukraine on Tuesday have resumed.
“We wanted to put defensive weapons because Putin is not, he is not behaving properly by humans. He is killing many people. So we are sending some defensive weapons to Ukraine, and I have approved it,” said Trump.