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Posted on 07/08/2026 8:29:09 AM PDT by thegagline
President Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Wednesday he would grant Kyiv a license to make its own critically needed Patriot air-defense missiles, joking: “This way, you can’t complain that we’re not giving them enough.”
“One of the things I think we’re going to be talking about today, a little birdie told me this, about the fact that we’ll give them the right to make Patriots,” Trump said ahead of his closed-door sitdown with Zelensky on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Turkey.
Patriot missiles have long been in short supply, but now are running critically low — forcing Ukraine in recent days to let Russian missiles strike Kyiv without interception.
On Sunday alone, Russia fired a barrage of 23 missiles — none of which were intercepted due to the global shortage, according to Ukrainian officials.
At least 22 people died and 56 were injured in those strikes
Trump estimated that the US could get Ukraine up and running with Patriot production by this fall.
“We’ll show them how to do it. It’s very complex, actually, but it’s — you’ll figure out the complexity quickly, and we’re talking about that,” Trump said. “The company that makes them, which is building now four plants, you know — all of our companies will be able to do this in two to three months”
The president also acknowledged his warming relationship with Zelensky, reflecting on their disastrous meeting at the White House in February 2025 at which Trump told the Ukrainian president he didn’t “have the cards.”
We’ve actually developed a good relationship! Hard to believe, right? From the Oval Office to now.” ***
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China and Russia will have all the blueprints within 3 months.
I wouldn’t give them sh**. Bet they just sell them....I’d put a clause in there that they have to document use and that they Can not sell them. Remember...same “Z” that wanted to sell us drones. Did that ever happen?
I wouldn’t trust the Ukes as far as I could throw them.
Trump never gives anything. Not without serious payment. Not since he was playing monopoly at 12 years old with the biggest pile of hotels possible
Feel free to post ANY example of Ukraine "selling" weapons given to them. Doesn't exist.
How long does it take to produce one Patriot missile?
The missile takes more than two years to build and relies on more than 400 companies before it is sent to conflict zones. The newest Patriot surface-to-air missiles can be fired in seconds, but take more than two years to build and cost around $4 million each.
Jun 9, 2026 WSJ
Ukraine ALREADY has the Patriot missile system since 2023 and Russia has not acquired one.
You don’t think it is the opposite, that Ukraine is far more likely to have better and more passionately enforced security from Russian spies and the Red Chinese who train the Russian troops, than the other European countries that are being licensed to make Patriots?
Glad you asked:
Ukrainian drone manufacturer F-Drones has established a major manufacturing footprint in the U.S. by opening its first American factory in the Village of Holland (Lucas County), Ohio. Backed by a Pentagon contract, the $18.4 million investment will produce first-person-view (FPV) drones and autonomous systems for U.S. and allied defense customers, creating over 300 jobs.
As a former manufacturing engineer making Patriot radar components, I must ask, “What the hell does that mean?”
Is he crazy? Yes, it’s 1980s technology, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy.
I'm sure that they have them already...
“””””Remember...same “Z” that wanted to sell us drones. Did that ever happen?””””
Trump has American troops in Ukraine being trained by the Ukrainian forces, while the Ukrainians open drone making facilities here in the United States.
The Pentagon Is Learning Drone Warfare From Ukraine
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told senators this week that U.S. military personnel have been sent to Ukraine to study how drones are used in combat.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkirichenko/2026/05/15/the-pentagon-is-learning-drone-warfare-from-ukraine/
U.S. Military Adopts Battle-Tested Ukrainian Hornet Kamikaze Drones
“Several Ukrainian companies have already brought their technology to the U.S. In March, General Cherry, one of Ukraine’s largest drone manufacturers, signed a deal to make unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the U.S. alongside American military manufacturer Wilcox Industries.
Ukraine and U.S. move toward landmark drone defense deal as Iran war highlights capabilities, and necessities
“The Pentagon has also invited Ukrainian companies to participate in its Drone Dominance initiative, a $1.1 billion program aimed at identifying drones for U.S. military contracts.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-us-drone-defense-deal-draft-iran-war-capabilities-necessities/
thanks for bringing me up to date
Trump has come out with some harebrained ideas lately but this may be the worst.
You think Russia is just going to let this happen? Besides the most recent attack Patriot didn’t even intercept one Russian missile.
this is fantastic news,
what that means is Japan and Germany can
start making them for Ukraine,
poland might take a bit more diplomatic effort.
Yes, and if necessary those countries could then supply the US.
“China and Russia will have all the blueprints within 3 months.”
The missile has to be integrated with a ground-based radar and a ground-based control system.
The Chinese and Russian control systems are likely to be different.
No! No!
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