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what’s different?

fine, but you have to do me a little favor first

He never said that. I read the transcript.

His words after the javelins sentence ("we are almost ready to buy more javelines from the United States") were "I want you to do me a favor though".

Not "fine" or "you have to do me a little favor first". I read it in context and it appeared to me like he was simply changing and moving on to another the subject. Certainly no proof that the next sentence out of his mouth was somehow a "you can't buy javelins from me until you do xyz."

The President traditionally sticks and moves from one subject to the next. I don't feel it's fair to think that there is some sort of implication that they can't buy weapons until they grant a "favor".

Just because the sentences were next to each other doesn't mean their intrinsically linked.

It's perfectly natural in conversation to switch from one topic to another.

Read the transcript and then read what you wrote. If you can’t spot the very important difference, that would say a great deal about your mindset.