Washington needs “a lot” of arms that it has been providing Kiev throughout its conflict with Russia, the president has said
It would not be “easy” for Washington to give Kiev Tomahawk cruise missiles, as the US needs them for its own protection, US President Donald Trump has said.
During a bilateral lunch alongside Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky before their official meeting in the White House on Friday, Trump acknowledged that the US would face certain difficulties if it were to send missiles to Kiev and found itself in a conflict of its own.
“That’s a problem. We need Tomahawks and we need a lot of other things that we’ve been sending over the last four years to Ukraine… We gave them a lot,” he said.
“It’s not easy for us to give. You’re talking about massive numbers of very powerful weapons,” he added.
Trump acknowledged that allowing Kiev to conduct strikes deep into Russia could lead to “an escalation,” adding, though, that he and Zelensky would discuss the topic. Tomahawks are “an amazing weapon,” he added.
“But they’re a very dangerous weapon… It could mean a lot of bad things can happen,” Trump noted.
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