President Trump is ready to announce a plan to sell the weapons of NATO colleagues on the heel of NATO this week with NATO General Secretary Mark Rute, which may pass in Ukraine.
In a statement, NATO said that Rute will be in Washington on Monday and Tuesday and will also meet the state secretary Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Congress members.
CBS News reached the White House for additional comments.
Sen Lindsay Graham confirmed “Face the Nation with Margaret Brain” that he and Democratic Sen Richard Blutenal would hold a meeting with Rute on Monday.
“There is a significant turn about Russia’s invasion in Ukraine,” Graham said.
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While NATO’s statement was not one of the reasons for Rutt’s visit, it comes after teasing Mr. Trump last week that he will create a “major statements” on Russia on Monday, as Ukraine struggles to back down to back down the large and complex air attacks launched by Russian forces.
The President also indicated that his administration would send more defensive weapons to Ukraine amidst his war with Russia. Stoppage Some weapon shipment.
“We are going to send some more weapons. We have to do. They must be able to defend themselves,” Mr. Trump told reporters on Monday night during a White House event with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mr. Trump told reporters on Sunday that the US would be sending more Patriot missiles to Ukraine, but he had not yet decided how many.
Graham said on “Face the Nation”, “Stay for a plan where the US will start selling our European colleagues, which can benefit Ukraine.”
“The idea of selling weapons to help Ukraine is very high,” Graham said. “We have given a lot to Ukraine. We give them money, we give them military assistance. Now we have a mineral agreement with Ukraine that deserves dollar trillions. Therefore, I do not want to go beyond the President, but remain about the seized property. Europeans want to limit interest on property to go to Ukraine.”
Rubio said on Friday that Ukraine who is looking for some American-made weapons is deployed with NATO allies in Europe. He said that those weapons could be transferred to Ukraine, with European countries buying replacement from the US, he said.
Rubio told reporters last week during a visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, “It is very fast to move some, for example, from Germany to Ukraine from Ukraine (US) factory and to reach there.”
Mr. Trump is also facing calls from Republican and Democrats as well as European allies, which are to support the law in the Senate, aims to cripple the Russian oil industry and kill Moscow with US sanctions for Ukraine’s ongoing invasion. In part, the law asks for 500% tariffs on goods imported from countries that continue to purchase Russian oil, gas, uranium and other exports. This will have a huge impact on the economic Bhamties China and India, which accounts for about 70% of Russia’s energy trade.
Graham said that he and the BluMental have support for “Congress restrictions with a Sledaimmer”, “Russian President Vladimir Putin’s economy and” after all countries “that pursue the Putin war machine.”
Graham said, “This Congress package that we are seeing will give President Trump the ability to impose 500% tariffs on any country that helps Russia, and supports Putin’s war machine.” “He can dial it up or bottom. He can go up to 500%up to 500%. He has maximum flexibility. But we are going after people who keep Putin in business and maintain additional restrictions on Russia. It is actually a Sledaimmer available to President Trump to end this war.”
Bluemental said that this is a “important moment” for these sanctions and “It was emphasized by all European colleagues to bring down this sledaim at this time that was in the meeting that Sen Graham and I participated in Europe.”
In other places, several diplomatic sources told CBS News that Mr. Trump is considering authorizing the latest funds for Ukraine for the first time after taking over in January.
Sources indicated that the purpose of new funding may be to send a message to Russia. US authorities told CBS News that Mr. Trump has $ 3.85 billion in the remaining biden-era’s President’s Dropdown Authority sitting on his fingers, which can be used to send US military equipment to Ukraine. Former officials also told CBS News, President Has the right to seize Foreign Russian wealth directs about 5 billion dollars and Ukraine funds, although neither he nor the former President Joe Biden has used that power.
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The bill has been given heavy support in the Senate, but the Republican leadership is waiting for Trump to give green light before proceeding with it. The White House had expressed some reservation about the law.
Margaret Brainan contributed to this report.
