India appears to have taken one of its first concrete retaliatory actions against President Donald Trump’s tariffs, as three Indian officials told Reuters on Friday that arms purchases from the United States have been put on hold, and a planned visit by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh to Washington has been canceled.
During his heated Oval Office press conference on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, President Donald Trump told the Ukrainian leader he should be grateful because Trump gave him effective weapons to fight back against the Russian invasion, while his “stupid” predecessor Joe Biden and Barack Obama were slow to provide lethal military assistance.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says he does not believe Donald Trump would halt U.S. support for the war against Russia.
President Joe Biden visited a Lockheed Martin manufacturing facility in Alabama hailing the effort to send Javelin anti-tank missile systems to Ukraine.
Fact check – CLAIM: Ukrainian soldiers died fighting Russian invasion because President Donald Trump held up “security assistance” temporarily. VERDICT: FALSE.
