Ukraine getting more Patriots, Trump gives Putin 50 days to deal

Ukraine is going to get a whole lot more top-tier air defense systems that were made in the good

ol' US of A. As part of the deal, Uncle Sam also secured billions in new contracts to build more

Patriot launchers and interceptors. During a meeting at the White House with NATO Secretary

General Mark Ruta, President Donald Trump announced a deal to send Ukraine more Patriot missile

systems. Patriots are among the best air defense systems in the world, and they've proven more than

effective against Russian ICBMs, missiles, and fighter jets, which is why Ukraine has been

pleading for more. We make the best equipment, the best missiles, the best of everything

The European nations know that. And we've made a deal today, and I'm going to have Mark speak

about it, but we've made a deal today where we are going to be sending them weapons and they're

going to be paying for them. Some or possibly all of the 17 Patriot batteries ordered by other

countries in Europe could be sent to Ukraine. As of publish time, it wasn't entirely clear

but President Trump said the deal is worth billions. Several NATO members will send Ukraine

their stockpiles of Patriot batteries and interceptors in the coming days. To replace

those items, the donating countries will buy newer versions from U.S. defense contractors

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says the deal builds on the success of the recent NATO summit where members agreed to boost defense spending to 5 of their GDP This is again Europeans stepping up So I been in contact with many countries I can tell you

that at this moment, Germany, massively, but also Finland and Denmark and Sweden and Norway

we have the Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada. They all want to be part of this. And this is

only the first wave. There will be more. President Trump's decision to sign new weapons

deals that ultimately benefit Ukraine marks a bit of a turning point for the administration

which spent the first few months of its time in office trying to talk Putin into making a deal

through diplomatic terms. Now, President Trump says the Kremlin has 50 days to make a deal with

Ukraine or risk further action from the United States. The White House says that includes 100

tariffs on Russia and secondary sanctions on other nations doing business with Russia

It's a horrible war and it should be stopped. And so if it's not done, if we don't have an

agreement in 50 days, that's what we're doing. Secondary tariffs and they're biting. And I hope

we don't get to the point where we do, but I've been hearing so much talk. It's all talk. It's all

talk and then missiles go into Kiev and kill 60 people. It's got to stop. It's got to stop

In response to the deal to send more patriot systems to Ukraine, Mark Rutte said if he were

Vladimir Putin, he'd start thinking about taking those peace negotiations much more seriously

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