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National Post
15-07-2025
- Business
- National Post
Adam Zivo: Trump finally realizes Putin was playing him
Having grown disillusioned with Russia, U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he will expand arms shipments to Ukraine and tariff Moscow's trading partners if no peace deal is signed by September. While this is a welcome development, Trump should've seen through the Kremlin's lies much earlier, and the depth of his foreign policy pivot remains unclear. Article content Article content The new armament strategy will allow NATO members to purchase American weapons at scale for donation to Kyiv. While Trump has said that these weapons will be 'top-of-the-line,' he has yet to specify what exactly will be provided, beyond Patriot missiles that can protect Ukrainian cities from Russia's ever-worsening terror bombings. Article content Article content Additionally, Trump said that he will impose 100 per cent tariffs upon Russia's trading partners if Moscow does not sign a peace deal within the next 50 days. His ability to impose these tariffs, at his discretion, would be granted by a bipartisan bill championed by Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, which reportedly already has overwhelming support within the U.S. Senate. Article content Article content Trump's newfound enthusiasm for arming Ukraine, and his burgeoning antipathy towards Russia, is a major pivot for both himself and his administration. Earlier this year, Trump spent months vilifying Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whom he blamed for the war's continuation, while winding down support for Kyiv. Meanwhile, Russia was inexplicably exempted from the United States' reciprocal tariffs, which punished most of America's traditional allies, as top White House officials rhapsodized about expanding economic cooperation with Moscow. Article content
France 24
03-07-2025
- Politics
- France 24
Too late to win over Trump? Europe frets as US freezes some weapons for Ukraine
But that was a week ago. Now comes a double whammy: a pause in US arms shipments to Ukraine – officially to replenish stockpiles – but the freeze includes weapons and ammo already in neighboring Poland. Add to that news that Washington's lifting of sanctions on Syria also includes Russian oligarchs and entities also implicated in the invasion of Ukraine. We asked about the ways Russia keeps exporting oil and cashing checks from abroad. And as Ukraine figures out how to resist without Washington's help, we talked about Europe's efforts. On that score, what to make of Tuesday's first phone call between French president Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022? Produced by François Picard, Aurore Laborie, Ilayda Habip and Alessandro Xenos.
