President Donald Trump and the non-elected leader of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey.
After customary gracious and diplomatic introductions, President Trump held a presser taking questions from the assembled press pool. The first question was on the issue of Iran targeting ships in the Strait of Hormuz, with President Trump noting each aggressive action by Iran will be met with massive retaliatory action from the U.S. military.
“For 47-years they have been the bully of the Middle-East,” Trump noted, “they are not going to be the bully anymore.”
On the subject of Russia-Ukraine, President Trump complimented Ukraine’s military bravery and stated his belief that Russia is in position to seek a ceasefire agreement. In a remarkable surprise, President Trump also noted the U.S. is going to give licenses to build Patriot Missile systems in Europe, and those missiles will likely be sold to Ukraine.
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Giving Ukraine access to Patriot Missiles doesn’t seem to be the best idea toward ending the war. Quite the opposite.
I wouldn’t provide Ukraine access to ANYTHING! Zelenskyy is nothing more than an illegitimate dictator put in place by the Deep State (CIA/Freeland & Powers) and the WEF/Globalist.
All of the agreements Between NATO/EU and Russia over the last 30 years have been broken not by the Russians, but by the EU/NATO. Russia is not the former Soviet USSR, but the globalist have lusted after two things for decades:
As I said previously, it’s insane. It will guarantee a continuation of it.
How? Heir Z can’t shoot missiles into his own country and blame Russia, Russia, Russia if those missiles get blown up by a Patriot missile.
Kind of a win-win-win in my opinion: the dep state can throw around money which they love, Europe can spend that money and if Z causes the Patriot missile to be used it creates recurring revenue.
This wasn’t done in a vacuum. PDJT has recently spoke with Putin. I bet Putin gave his blessing on that it wouldn’t be a point of contention.
Ukraine is still in a defensive war, no matter how it came about provoking the bear.
They will not just give up. The bet now is for Russia to have the war be too expensive, so that they stop. We are getting there as the long range capability is getting devastating for Russia and with a full Patriot defense it’s an almost hopeless war as Russia’s air defense is really bad vs Patriot
Actually, this was never a “defensive war.”
Russia looked across its borders and plainly saw an invading army. It wisely decided to strike first, thereby seizing the military advantage that it has never since lost. It decided to pursue a war of atttrition, in order to grind down the opponent, and to flush out the parties who were actually lurking behind it. Which it immediately did: Europe was the true devil, and they still are.
“Wunderwaffen” do not decide an actual battle. The Germans discovered that the hard way, when they unveiled two weapons systems, including the first true ballistic missile, but neither of them succeeded.
Perhaps we’ve all forgotten an actual engagement in Ukraine, when someone launched every single missile in a Patriot battery all at once, every one of them missed, and then a single precision strike obliterated the whole thing. More than a billion dollars’ worth of military hardware – believe it or not – gone in a puff of smoke.
The Russians are not saying: “Oh my god, they’ve got a wonder-weapon! Where do we surrender?”
This is Churchill’s wet-dream brought back to life: “Operation Unthinkable.” The conquest of Russia, and the sacking of its vast natural resources.
Don’t forget all the bio labs on their border . If China put bio labs on our border with Mexico, what would we do?
Of course it was a forced war that Putin had to take (McCain the face of the provocation).
And it was smart for a long time, like taking Crimea earlier, taking most of Donbass and rushing until Odessa.
To think this war of attrition is Putins choice is frankly completely wrong. That’s just what this war naturally turned into. (Think modern WW1)
Believing he didn’t bet on taking Ukraine in 1-3 weeks is just a complete ignorance of the facts.
The Russian army sucks and is a shadow of the red army. The modern parts got obliterated by rather simple means and the old Soviet mindset and power structures was always a hinderance.
The attrition is only possible thanks to luring the lowest class of Russian citizens to die for it.
One strike and destruction of a Patriot battery means nothing. Like downing Russia jets with forward set Patriots means nothing.
IT IS STILL TECHNICALLY a defensive war for Ukraine.
What Putin and the old Soviet guard never planned for is that their ultra slow attrition war is also enabling Ukraine to develope drone fleets that the awfully Russian military organization based on Soviet tech ist not able to stop.
They can’t stop it. You can hit Kiew a thousand times and win a mile with 10000 dead soldiers a month but if everyday a drone drops into a refinery it’s GAME OVER.
At this point they could nuke Kiew and They’re still not stopping the drones.
With these drone capabilities and long term more Patriot defenses Ukraine is Not beatable over the next ten years by Russia.
Will modern Russians, like their WW2 ancestors beat no fuel for long periods of time which will also hit the agriculture and other parts of the economy? No.
President Trump doesn’t like Zelensky to win but his decisions right now are there to force Putin to give up before his term ends as he other way Russia will sacrifice a lot of wealth until the last village of Ukraine is captured.
Once nice hypersonic missile removes both the missiles and the factories needed to make them. A few days ago, one of those factories continued blowing up for many hours.
“If we say loud enough, and over and over and over again, that Russia is weak and Russia is losing, will this cause Russia to finally lose?”
I don’t want Russia or Ukraine to loose, I want the war to end like President Trump.
You seem to be a Russia fanatic.(Since Soviet times or just recently?)
Right now Omsk Refinery is burning. Thata in the Urals.
If hypersonic missile scan stop this why isn’t it stopped? Seems like more Russian failures.
Or, more succinctly, WTF???
There are security steps that Ukraine has to provide to the US and…and..it would be probably mid-2028 before Ukraine would produce any missiles. 😂😂
President Trump will be the tapper and not the tapee. 😂
Just more target practice for the Oreshniks. It’s funny to watch the Patriot batteries hit the panic button with the Oreshniks incoming. All the interceptors simultaneously launch randomly straight up.
I personally wouldn’t sell them a wrench 🔧, a hammer 🔨, or a screwdriver.🪛
However, I am not an informed player on this chess♟️game.
Gotta wait.
Gotta see.
We and our ally Israel could benefit from restocking our depleted supplies that were used/are being used in the M.E.
If we can let someone else build them in Europe, make money off the licensing fees, and keep all of our domestic production
to ourselves that could be a good thing.
Might also help Russia come to the table and end this war, but I also don’t think Z-man can be trusted.
Nothing else has worked so far, so maybe why not?
“Ally”
“I do not dislike Israel, I dislike the IDF and Mossad” – Me and Putin. probably
No details were released on which variant Patriot interceptors would be licensed to Ukraine – an older version like the PAC-2 or the newer PAC-3.
The PAC-3 is a near total redesign of the system and is far more capable than PAC-2.
Also these are just the missiles. The launchers and radars don’t appear to be part of the licensing deal.
Other weapons platforms sold/given to Ukraine (F-16 fighter jets, M1 tanks, etc.) were mostly older models or export versions, not the latest updates used by US forces.
Germany already has a license to manufacture PAC-2s. Japan had a license for PAC-2 but has since upgraded to PAC-3. Those are the only two other countries with licenses. Poland is also trying to get a license. (Maybe its better to let Ukraine build their own and let the Europeans keep the ones they build to build up NATO’s stockpiles instead of giving them all to Ukraine.)
Amen.
Insanity to think they will not be misused or bartered away by these criminals.
Stops the depletion of US missile stocks and supplies Ukraine with a moderate defensive capability, but one largely ineffective against the Russian hypersonic arsenal used to target the most sensitive targets.
For all the narrative engineering about Ukraine’s capabilities they are still losing on the ground, with Putin edging ever closer to meeting most of his stated strategic objectives.
As for ending the war, this needs to be done without any opportunity for the DS to play the Dolchstoss, Russia3 combo, a move that the MSM are ready to support the moment it occurs.
So support for the status quo, until the inevitable occurs and reality forces a realignment, ending the conflict.
It will be difficult for either party to win the war on the ground. The movement and human life’s cost is too big for too few territory
Even if Putin reaches all his goals the Ukrainians won’t stop trying to get it back. If just for the bloody front lines it won’t ever stop.
It will be won by cost and the sentiment. The daily attacks on oil refineries will soon hit a threshold where Russia can only recover fuel supply via a ceasefire. It’s not like 2nd world war where Russians would endure , by no other choice ,hardships of tremendous stress , the Russian social media is full of people complaining not that different to western soft generations.
Russia is a country that is larger than the United States and Canada combined stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to within 20 miles of Alaska. I think they have plenty of oil production outside of the range of Ukraine!
Actually not, most oil refineries (which are needed to produce gasoline) are within drone reach and are hit frequently in a manner that doesn’t allow Russians to repair them fast enough. It’s only a handful that are in the far east and logistics are bad (everything is streamlined for Moscow)
Western Russia, which is the most important part of Russia, has problems serving everyday people with gasoline and people are not used to rationing in modern Russia.
They don’t care how many undesirables die on the Frontline but waiting in line for fuel is the end of the world for them.
If Russia is not able to stop this farmers will soon have problems to work the fields as Diesel is not available.
Meanwhile Kiew gets hit is another means for Ukraine to rile up populace.
Russian vast lands are a detrimental factor in these drone wars. They can’t stop the attacks.
Obviously, you do not know Russian history.
Neither did Adolf Hitler . . . 💀
Hitler would’ve loved the position Adolf Zelensky is in. Far better to send drone swarms to Moscow than park tanks in the Russian mud.
No winter stoping the drones like they stopped Napoleonic horses either.
Please educate me what part of Russian history I’m missing that will protect them from the fuel collapse.
Funny enough Russian history of the last 80years is largely possible thanks to the power of the US warmachine that gave Russia the power to stop Hitler.
You place far too much faith in those “drone swarms.” None of which can be driven by optical fibers. All of which are driven by: radio. Whether from an orbiting satellite (Starlink) or otherwise. Some of them might be autonomous.
Nevertheless: It’s still an appeal to wunderwaffen. A machine so wondrous that it will simply win the war for you. Hitler never found one, and “Patriot” isn’t it, either. (After all, it can only fire in one direction.)
It is very easy to forget just how big Russia is, and just how much experience they have fighting for their “Motherland.”
And there are different generations of people everywhere. If you are gonna tell me that the Russian people now are the same as in WWII, I gotta bridge to sell you somewhere.
We, obviously are not the same country either.
You are technically inept and not up to date.
These drones are not driven by radio into the rear until Omsk.
If it was so easy to stop them why is Russia not stopping them? Cause they can’t.
Inertial Navigation System and a.i assisted internal maps run these drones.
We are not talking about the WW1 type Frontlines which are progressing at snail speeds
..funny..he really sound as…Seb Gorka….
neither did Napoleon and Hitler was just stupid dividing forces to take oil locations in the Caucasus and other half to take Stalingrad in 1943. Hitler did a lot of stupid things in Russia.
Then you are not paying attention to vasts amounts of news reports that say opposite. Ukraine has just targeted the shadow fleet tankers on their way to Crimea. It seems to be a problem…….
There’s a huge lack of education on this topic here. Makes it difficult for CTH to put this into the right context being behind on developments.
It explains easily the pivot President Trump did.
If the Ukrainian strategy was working the Russians would be forced to change theirs, if they are unable to adapt they lose, it’s really that simple.
Given Russia is sticking to a strategy that leverages her massive advantage in fire support, allied with low density ground movements that use infiltration and encirclement, whilst Ukraine is chopping and changing, and overly reliant on drones, I’d say the answer to whose winning is pretty obvious.
As for the drones, they just join the ranks of weapons whose initial successes quickly rendered their status as ‘game-changers’ a short lived affair. They are having their ‘happy time’ now, but the involvement with AI suggests that the situation might be changing.
So, when Russia obliterates the Ukrainian command centres, along with the NATO personnel directing the conflict, drops the bridges over the Dnieper and targets Ukraine’s power grid, in a sustained offensive, then you’ll know the Ukrainian strategy is biting as hard as the Western supporting Psyops campaign is suggesting.
Russia is just not the fancy super adaptive sleek machine you believe it is. They run mostly on Soviet tech and structures. It’s not a modern military like the USA.
The attacks on oil refineries are ongoing and INCREASING since years. By now Russia has to import fuel.
It’s like Canada hitting every day two refineries in Texas since months.
I recommend to widen your scope of information and read Telegram channels.
Even Russian channels are reporting the issues.
NATO is the problem.
NATO and the UN, they all need to go.
There is zero need at this point for these scam operations that are nothing but excuses to steal money from the American taxpayer to fund Europe’s Socialism dystopia.
Pat Buchanan said all this years ago and once again, we’re being screwed for not demanding that the Congress listen to him.
They create economy after economy off fake bullshit.
The more you can see it all, the more glaring it becomes and then it gets harder and harder to keep playing.
Agreed.
No one could say it better, thanks!
“They create economy after economy off fake bullshit.”
100% bullseye!
NATO is nothing more than the EU (Globalist) military enforcer.
Miss the Winamins.
What the heck – seriously – the show must go on 😩
Enough already! This is really getting ridiculous. Stop Mr. President; just stop.
He tried to stop it by starving and pressuring Ukraine, but they won’t stop, so now Putin needs to be pressured again after he let President Trump down.
This weeks winners are Ukraine and Turkey. Alto Patriots made in Europe with give Ukraine a greater negotiating platform
President Trump had a long call with Putin just days before. Just wondering what’s up.
Putin was very strong in Alaska. Putin is dead set on his goals and made it clear to President Trump with history lessons why..
The frustration was visible with President Trump.
Then he tried to force Zelensky to accept the Putin lines with a smart deal where Americans would profit too getting minerals.
Albeit Putin didn’t play along with it especially in light of the EU urging Zelensky to provocate.
Putin can wait 4 more years until Trump is gone.
But now the the tables turned with the attacks on gasoline which lets be honest are helped by the US.
President Trump probably told him that history is not that relevant anymore with these new drone circumstances daily attacks in the Russian homeland
The fact that he meets with that turd shows what a great man he is. It probably takes all the humilty within in him to do it. It’s like a virtue test-can you be in the room with that corrupt, insufferable, murdering, lowlife imposter.
“The fact that he [PT] meets with” Zyy gives Zyy tacit approval to continue acting as Ukraine’s unelected president.
“In a remarkable surprise, President Trump also noted the U.S. is going to give licenses to build Patriot Missile systems in Europe, and those missiles will likely be sold to Ukraine.”
Just because he said it, does not mean it is going to happen. We “have not read the fine print” on that one yet. I chalk this up to our VSGPDJT continuing to say the unexpected to throw off the algorithms.
If I could repost your post, I would. 😊
Here is the link!
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/07/08/president-trump-holds-a-bilateral-meeting-with-zelenskyy-on-nato-summit-sidelines/comment-page-1/#comment-12684256
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Why do we not maintain military advantage and superiority by keeping our weapons to ourselves? Makes no sense to give others equal weapons as us. Cannot be greatest if supply potential enemies with weapons.
Ukraine has access to Patriots through their European partners anyway so I don’t see it as a game changer. It will likely take them quite sometime to get up to speed with production…the US only makes about 500 a year currently. I saw Putin has banned exports of diesel fuel…I think the US should consider doing the same temporarily…the Iran war escalating is going to see diesel prices back up to around $6 and maybe we can curb it somewhat by keeping our domestic supply topped up…but they’d still have to work on some type of price agreement…not sure if that could even work.
1). The companies that make the missiles has to be willing to give the a-ok to this. Europe will still end up paying. 😂😂😂
2). Did you see the eyebrow raise by Cocaine Boy when President Trump said, “We have (or own) land in Ukraine..the minerals deal.” Cocaine Boy, that we know of, has leveraged the rare minerals deal with the UK also. 😂
3). Interesting that at least two Ukrainian reporters brought up the security guarantees for Ukraine. Notice PT was not committal in supplying those guarantees, and he’s been consistent in that position. 👏
I don’t think Cocaine Boy received anything he was after from President Trump. 😂. Tap dancing
“In a remarkable surprise, President Trump also noted the U.S. is going to give licenses to build Patriot Missile systems in Europe, and those missiles will likely be sold to Ukraine.”
Direct pipeline of IP and manufacturing technology to China
I might watch this again with no sound on just to see Z Cocaine Boy squirm. 😂
Why is The Cokehead there?
He’s the grift that keeps on grifting. 😂
It remains very … curious … to me how “Z” remains considered as “the President” of Ukraine, when by the terms of his country’s Constitution (such as it is …) he has no legitimate claim to it. This forlorn and obviously forgotten document says that the Speaker of their Parliament should have assumed power years ago. Yet – here he still is.
I think that far too many people in Europe are still clinging to Winston Churchill’s post-VE-day dream, “Operation Unthinkable.” When Russia would be conquered, sliced up into forty-odd helpless little pieces, and “sacked.” I recall that Victoria Nuland recently published a map describing this: giving each little rump-country both a name and a flag.
America must not be lured down this dark path, in any form. Because it will lead to “World War III” in a very literal sense . . . but actually lead to nothing but pointless death.
In the long history of Europe, the normal state of affairs is to be at war with somebody. It is extremely unusual for there to have been “ninety years of peace.” It’s long overdue to drag the continent into another slaughter. And this time, let’s bring the United States into it, but not as a rescuer.
This Little Twerp has to GO. He’s overextended his 15 minutes by 3 years now.
What’s the strategy behind this geopolitical chess move? Doesn’t feel right. More missiles for Ukraine, more alignment with NATO only angers the Russian bear.
A few more American military industrialists conclude another lucrative contract.
You ever think President Trump is trying to gain leverage somewhere?
Let the EU License build the Patriot Missiles until the cows come home … as long as they keep paying the license fees …. and the US is not doing the idiotic circular payment BS by giving the Ukraine any money being used to buy them .. let the EU spend and grant as much of their own money as they want to spend.
These missiles are nearly useless vs most of the stuff the Russians are using.
The Patriot missile was engineered to sit well behind the front lines, such that attacks would only be coming from the one direction in which it is capable of being aimed. It also has a very large amount of supporting equipment which must be protected. Without which it is quite useless.
The Russians have wiped out more than one of these batteries by sending a missile that approached the installation from behind. And it targeted, not the missile launcher itself, but the support equipment and ammunition stocks. The entire thing was wiped out. The attacking missile flew around the entire range that the Patriot was capable of engaging.
I helped design the upgrades, while working.
The point is that the Patriot is not designed to counter most of the threats the Russians are deploying no matter where it sits. That is why the Ukrainians have used up their missile stocks like pop-corn to get very few interceptions.
Also, the US/NATO military operators of the Systems in the Ukraine know the Patriot is not a Tactical system … they have correctly deployed them around high value Infrastructure and Logistical Points … just as it is supposed to be done.
If Zelenskyys lips are moving you know all that comes out is lies! The American people want nothing to do with Ukraine or its comedian leader. This is like Thune saying we dont have the votes for the save act, so please President Trump cut this clown off along with Nato and the EU all sucking on the teat of the USA. I dont care how much smoke Rutte or any other EU leader blows up your backside.
Z doesn;t look very happy or comfortable …
TRUMP seems to be “playing” with Z, like a cat plays with a mouse.
Trump is beyond dealing with Z, so I take everything Trump says with a grain of salt, or a heaping handful of cow dung.
Trump is the deal maker, so, … until a deal is ready to be signed, and terms written out, … Trump is just “playing with a mouse”.
Trump respects Putin , more than the mouse. Putin has been putting his cards on the table with Trump, and maybe has a few cards in his hand, he doesn’t show. Doing the same thing as Trump. Putin and Trump are the adults in the room, and China is a player too. Z is the mouse, play thing for the LION, BEAR and Dragon. 🙂
” In a remarkable surprise, President Trump also noted the U.S. is going to give licenses to build Patriot Missile systems in Europe, and those missiles will likely be sold to Ukraine.” I understand from this statement that the missiles will be build in Europe and they can decide to sell them to Ukraine. Ukraine will not be building these inside its nation. The affect of this is to shift Russia’s ire to the EU nations who supply them to Ukraine and away from the USA.
Little Z Ukraine’s main Grifter.
Why does President Trump have to attend these meetings with Zelinsky? Why doesn’t Whitaker or Gen Taylor meet with the scumbag?
Just whining I suppose. Tired of Trump having to handle it all.
I think America is in the final process, if not already achieved, of upgrading their Patriot Missiles and whatever technology little Zel will be acquiring.
It will take a few years to build the Ukrainian facilities and all paraphernalia and knowledge related to their manufacturing and training.
Russia knows and will keep a close eye (satellite, etc.) on unusual Ukrainian traffic.
Conclusion: Both sides are happy.
Sorry. – I meant to say Ukraine will be acquiring the current version of the Patriots. The highly possible newest version is for America’s needs.
President Trump I am disappointed in you.
Does anyone know, are we going to “give” them licenses to make Patriot Missiles, or SELL them licenses?
who the heck is DJT listening to??
giving licenses to build Patriot Missile systems in Europe and those missiles will likely be sold to Ukraine…..
I refuse to watch one second of the slimy porn star
Trump makes mistakes like everyone else
WTAF?!?
Trump is a newsmaker. I wake up every morning anxious to see what he’s done while I’ve slept. Mad respect for him.
No news here. They could have grabbed a clip from 1 1/2 years ago and it’s the same.
Same talking points. Same straight talk from our President.
Rinse and repeat.