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President Donald Trump on Monday confirmed that the U.S. has agreed to promote arms to NATO simply moments after he mentioned Russian President Vladimir Putin has 50 days to safe a peace take care of Ukraine or face “100%” tariffs.
NATO Secretary-Common Mark Rutte mentioned Trump known as him on Thursday to substantiate he wished to enter right into a take care of NATO allies to sell them arms for aid to Ukraine.
Trump mentioned billions of {dollars} value of U.S. arms can be bought from allies like Germany, Finland and Denmark that can be “shortly distributed” to Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump, proper, and Mark Rutte, secretary basic of the North Atlantic Treaty Group (NATO), shake fingers throughout a gathering within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, July 14, 2025. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs)
“That is actually massive,” Rutte instructed reporters from the Oval Workplace sitting alongside Trump.
Rutte, who mentioned the choice was constructed on the “large success” of final month’s NATO summit when practically each nation within the alliance agreed to extend their protection spending to succeed in 5% of their nation’s GDP, known as the transfer “logical.”
“That is once more European nations standing up,” Rutte added. “I have been involved with many international locations, I can inform you at this second Germany, massively, but in addition Finland and Denmark and Sweden and Norway, we’ve the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Canada – all of them need to be a part of this.
“And that is solely the primary wave. There can be extra,” Rutte confirmed. “So what we’ll do is figure via the NATO techniques to make it possible for we all know what Ukrainians want.”
(L/R, clockwise) French President Emmanuel Macron, European Fee President Ursula Von der Leyen, NATO Secretary Common Mark Rutte, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meet throughout the Group of Seven (G7) Summit on the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada on June 17, 2025 (LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
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Rutte mentioned he had already met with Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth to make sure the U.S. maintains what it wants for its stockpiles but in addition works with NATO allies to meet orders for Ukraine’s defense.
Trump mentioned he was “very sad” with Moscow and expressed his frustration over what he thought ought to have been a accomplished deal at the least “two months in the past.”
Each leaders mentioned they thought they’d secured an agreement with Putin on 4 totally different events, however then “bombs can be thrown out that night time, and also you’d say – we’re not making any offers,” Trump instructed reporters.
“I communicate to him quite a bit about getting this factor accomplished, and I at all times dangle up saying, ‘Properly, that was a pleasant telephone name,’ after which missiles are launched into Kyiv or another metropolis, and I might say ‘unusual,” Trump mentioned recounting his conversations with Putin. “And after that occurs three or 4 occasions, you say, the discuss does not imply something.”
US President Donald Trump, second left, and Mark Rutte, secretary basic of the North Atlantic Treaty Group (NATO), left, throughout a gathering within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, July 14, 2025. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs)
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The president countered a significant speaking level of some isolationist Republicans who oppose the continuation of U.S. assist to Ukraine.
“In the end, having a robust Europe is an excellent factor,” Trump added.
