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How Trump's New Ukraine Weapons Deal Works

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump is putting the pressure on Russia today, announcing a new weapons deal for Ukraine. David Shimer, former director of Russian Affairs at the US National Security Council under President Biden, and Ivo Daalder, former US Ambassador to NATO, join the show to discuss.  Also on today's show: Zan Times Editor-in-Chief Zahra Nader; author Sam Tanenhaus ("Buckley: The Life and the Revolution that Changed America")  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.

0:07.0

We've made a deal today where we are going to be sending them weapons and they're going to be paying for them.

0:14.0

With the NATO chief at the White House, Trump hails a new weapons boost for Ukraine, and he appears to be souring on Russia.

0:22.1

We look at the risks and rewards of deepening U.S. support for Kiev.

0:27.6

Then Iran expels half a million Afghans.

0:32.0

Journaliz Zara Nader joins me on one of the largest forced migrations in decades.

0:43.3

Plus, what would W.F. B., William F. Bucley Jr. have done on Twitter, and I say he just would have burned it up. He would have had more treats out there than Donald Trump and Elon

0:48.3

Musk combined.

0:49.3

The life and legacy of William F. Buckley.

0:52.3

Biographer Sam Tannenhouse talks to Walter Isaacson

0:55.8

about his deep investigation into the conservative icon.

0:59.4

The Live! Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Biona Goldrigo, New York, sitting in for Christian Amunpur.

1:23.5

Donald Trump is putting the pressure on Russia today. The president announcing a new weapons

1:27.6

deal for Ukraine alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Ruta at the White House. He says NATO

1:33.4

countries will buy American weapons and then send them to Ukraine. He also threatened President

1:38.8

Putin with punishing trade consequences. Disappointed in President Putin because I thought we would have had a deal two months ago,

1:47.8

but it doesn't seem to get there.

1:50.3

So based on that, we're going to be doing secondary tariffs if we don't have a deal in 50 days.

1:54.6

It's very simple.

1:55.8

And they'll be at 100%.

1:57.3

And that's the way it is.

2:01.0

Now it all amounts to a remarkable about face and the president's attitude towards Ukraine.

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