“Putin tells us many nonsenseif you want to know the truth: it is always very friendly, but in the end that is worth nothing, ” said Trump On Tuesday before the press during a meeting with his cabinet at the White House.
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“I’m not happy with him, I can tell you that right now. This is killing many people,” Trump added.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, speaks during a cabinet meeting on July 8, 2025. (Photo of Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP).
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The president acknowledged that it has been difficult to persuade Putin to put an end to the fighting and quickly end with the war in Ukraineas he had promised in his electoral campaign, when he even said that the conflict would end “In 24 hours” if I returned to the White House.
In March of this year, when he redoubled his efforts to obtain a peace agreement, Trump said he will do the right thing With respect to a negotiated exit to the conflict.
“I don’t think he will break his word. You are talking about Putin. I don’t think he will break his word. I have known him for a long time. We have always got along ”, assured.
When the press asked on Tuesday what could mean his growing discontent with Putin For the foreign policy of the United States, Trump He refused to give specific details.
The place of a Russian attack in kyiv, Ukraine, on July 10, 2025. (EFE/EPA/Ukraine Security Service).
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Ukraine suffered on Wednesday the largest Russian air attack since the war began in February 2022: kyiv and other cities were attacked with 728 drones and 13 missiles, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, which claimed to have intercepted 711 drones and destroyed seven missiles.
Trump will send more weapons to Ukraine
This week Trump He also confirmed that The United States will send more defensive weapons to Ukrainethus reversing the announcement of Pentagon On a pause in the delivery of armament to kyiv on the argument that the country’s military arsenals had decreased in the stores. The president implied that he did not order the cut of the aid.
Specifically, the vital air defense missiles for patriot systems, other precision ammunition was going to be sent and Missiles that the Ukrainian Air Force shoots from US F-16 aircraft.
Trump stressed that under his administration “the best teams ever manufactured” were delivered to Ukraineincluding Javelin anti -tank missiles and other advanced systems that, he said, prevented the war from being resolved in a matter of days in favor of Russia.
The main weapons suppliers to Ukraine. (AFP).
The president too He praised the “courage” of the Ukrainian soldiers. “And I will say this: the Ukrainians, think what they think about whether it was fair or not to give all that money, they were very brave because someone had to operate that team,” said “and many people I know I wouldn’t do it.”
As CNN remarked, with that phrase Trump suggested that the huge investment of the United States in the defense of Ukraine has not been a wasteas many believe in Maga, the most radical wing of the Republican Party completely folded to the political agenda.
“We wanted to contribute defensive weapons. Putin is not treating human beings well.”, The president explained at Tuesday’s cabinet meeting, justifying the reversal of the pause.
“We are sending some defensive weapons to Ukraine and I have approved it”he remarked.
To the question about who had made the decision to cut the shipments to Ukraine, Trump replied: “I don’t know. Why don’t you tell me?”
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, together with the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, during a cabinet meeting on July 8, 2025. (Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP).
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However, the Axios portal assured that the suspension occurred after Trump I asked the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegsethto make an inventory of aerial defenses Patriot and other key American supplies.
Then, Hegesh and the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Elbridge Colby, were the ones who ordered the pauseNBC News and Political reported.
Help the Ukraine. (AFP).
Why did Trump change his position regarding weapons? According to Axios, the president’s change of attitude began to make it clearer on Friday of last week, when he spoke with his pair of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyin what both parties said it was their best phone call.
Two sources told axios that Trump promised to immediately send 10 patriot interceptors and help find other supply media.
Axios also said that Trump Not only is you worried about the decrease in the arsenals of your country, but you have told your relatives that “This is not my war”but it will be if you start sending more weapons to Ukraine.
Now Trump broke with Putin?
The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, participates in the inauguration of youth centers in the Russian regions through a videoconference, on June 28, 2025. (Photo: Gavriil Grigorov / AFP).
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How are the positions of posture of Trump with respect to Putin already Ukraine? For the international analyst Francisco Belaunde Matossianthe Republican is “A person who does not see reality, rather sees it as he thinks he is. He thought he had a good relationship with Putin, that Putin was sincere And, of course, he had sympathy for him. He thought Putin was going to listen to him, But Putin ignores himthat simple ”.
“Trump is a person who does not listen to specialistshe does everything according to what he feels, he intuits, what he believes is intuition, and then it is based on that. This explains why he personally makes many decisions without advice ”, Belaunde added a Commerce.
About the statement of Trump that I did not know that the sending of weapons had been cut to UkraineBelaunde said that if that is true, it would be inconceivable That a decision of that magnitude is taken without the president has been consulted.
Are we facing a Trump posture change or are you just looking to press Putin to make concessions? Belaunde said Trump’s last ads are related to the emotional reactions it usually has. “He reacts based on the personal interaction he has with his interlocutors. He places him a lot on a personal level, so when he feels that the other has disappointed him, he reacts like this.”
“Trump does not act as a true president, but does it as a person who guides himself a lot for personal interaction, whether they disappoint him or not. That is why Many leaders, to get something from him, they flatter himbecause they know that it is the way to deal with him … he is a very capricious person, who reacts emotionally, not rational, ” insisted.
“I think, indeed, He has felt disappointed by Putinbecause Trump wants to appear as a peacemaker, and he sees that the thing does not work with Russia, because Putin ignores him. He is disappointed because he simply believes that only with his personal qualities, his conviction, his charisma, could convince Putin, and it is not so, ” Belaunde remarked.
