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Trump to use presidential authority to send weapons to Ukraine, sources say
Reuters MSN News ^ | 7/10/2025 | Mike Stone

Posted on 07/10/2025 2:09:28 PM PDT by marcusmaximus

President Donald Trump for the first time since returning to office will send weapons to Kyiv under a presidential power frequently used by his predecessor, two sources familiar with the decision said on Thursday, a move suggesting new interest by the president in defending Ukraine.

More than three years after Russia's invasion of its neighbor, Trump's team will identify arms from U.S. stockpiles to send to Ukraine under the Presidential Drawdown Authority, the sources said, with one saying they could be worth around $300 million.

Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. would send more weapons to Ukraine to help the country defend itself against intensifying Russian advances.

The package could include defensive Patriot missiles and offensive medium-range rockets, but a decision on the exact equipment has not been made, the sources said. One of the people said this would happen at a meeting on Thursday.

So far, the Trump administration has only sent weapons authorized by former President Joe Biden, who was a staunch supporter of Kyiv. Presidential Drawdown Authority allows the president to draw from weapons stocks to help allies in an emergency.

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1 posted on 07/10/2025 2:09:28 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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This is a huge mistake. We should not be sending any weapons to Ukraine, nor Israel either! It’s a waste of our taxpayers money.


2 posted on 07/10/2025 2:12:01 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. Onw!as a cylindrical object)
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To: marcusmaximus

I guess he’s done trying to deal with Putin.


3 posted on 07/10/2025 2:12:16 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: marcusmaximus

I thought they said that our stockpiles were low.


4 posted on 07/10/2025 2:13:59 PM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Apparently Zelensky found a new batch of young Ukranian men who need to be trimmed away from society.


5 posted on 07/10/2025 2:14:20 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: marcusmaximus

Didn’t Trump once claim he could end the Ukraine war in 24 hours? He seems to be lowly backtracking on some of his campaign promises.


6 posted on 07/10/2025 2:14:39 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: Highest Authority

President Trump will send old stuff as well as 155mm cluster shells. Ukraine will work with what they get. Bad news for Putin.


7 posted on 07/10/2025 2:17:27 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: Macho MAGA Man

It won’t make much of a difference at this point

And if things get even worse for Ukraine Trump won’t blamed(as much)


8 posted on 07/10/2025 2:17:48 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (Please don’t use google products, especially YouTube )
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To: marcusmaximus

Will Trump still claim it’s not his war?


9 posted on 07/10/2025 2:18:15 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

It’s Putin’s war.


10 posted on 07/10/2025 2:19:20 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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It's meaningless gesture given that we're so critically low on Patriot interceptors that we will be hard pressed to find any to give to Ukraine:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/08/us-pentagon-military-plans-patriot-missile-interceptor

The United States only has about 25% of the Patriot missile interceptors it needs for all of the Pentagon’s military plans after burning through stockpiles in the Middle East in recent months, an alarming depletion that led to the Trump administration freezing the latest transfer of munitions to Ukraine.

The stockpile of the Patriot missiles has fallen so low that it raised concern inside the Pentagon that it could jeopardize potential US military operations.

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But the determination last month to halt the transfer, as described by four people directly familiar with the matter, was based in large part on the Pentagon’s global munitions tracker, which is used to generate the minimum level of munitions required to carry out the US military’s operations plans.

According to the tracker, which is managed by the joint chiefs of staff and the Pentagon’s defense security cooperation agency, the stockpiles of a number of critical munitions have been below that floor for several years since the Biden administration started sending military aid to Ukraine.

11 posted on 07/10/2025 2:22:09 PM PDT by Kazan
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Bad news for Putin?

We were able to give Ukraine the good stuff and now we're going them the old junk and that's bad news for Russia?

And, it's Patriot interceptors and missiles Ukraine needs and we don't have any spare.

12 posted on 07/10/2025 2:24:42 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: Kazan

If you’re for Putin, you’re against President Trump.


13 posted on 07/10/2025 2:25:24 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: Kazan

President Trump is going to deport you back to Tatarstan if you don’t get with the program.


14 posted on 07/10/2025 2:26:38 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: Highest Authority

Very low and getting lower

Last 3 nights Ukraine hit hard

7/8 534 drones and missiles (new record)
7/9 700 drones and missiles (new record)

Last night >400 again

7/10/2025
A 3-minute video of the Iskander attack on Kyiv shows patriot salvos being fired, followed by multiple arrivals in the city and explosions all over
https://rumble.com/v6vynhq-video-of-the-iskander-attack-on-kyiv-shows-patriot-salvos-being-fired-follo.html


15 posted on 07/10/2025 2:27:26 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (Please don’t use google products, especially YouTube )
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To: marcusmaximus

Bad news for Putin
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Maybe, maybe not. Everything senile Joe did backfired. I hope President Trump has learned from senile Joe’s mistakes.( screw ups).


16 posted on 07/10/2025 2:35:22 PM PDT by delta7
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17 posted on 07/10/2025 2:36:36 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Trump failures: leaving Antifa off Terror list,Market chaos, Bondi. )
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To: delta7

General Razin Caine has entered the chat…


18 posted on 07/10/2025 2:37:04 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: Kazan

General Razin Caine has entered the chat…


19 posted on 07/10/2025 2:45:45 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss


20 posted on 07/10/2025 2:48:38 PM PDT by Rural_Michigan
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