Trump shows concern for worried BBC Ukraine reporter during Nato press conference
Donald Trump appeared concerned for a BBC Ukrainian reporter during his Nato press conference.
Myroslava Petsa asked Trump about potential US sales of anti-air missile systems to Ukraine during the news conference on Wednesday (25 June).
Before answering, Trump asked the journalist: 'Are you living, yourself, in Ukraine?'
She replied: 'My husband is there, me and the kids, we're in Warsaw actually.'
Trump asked: 'Is your husband a soldier? He's there now? That's rough stuff, right?'
Petsa replied, before the US president told her to pass on a message from him to her husband.
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