Why Trump Is Ready to Send Missiles to Ukraine

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🗓️ 16 July 2025

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After talks with NATO allies, President Donald Trump gave Russia 50 days to broker peace with Ukraine. If they can’t make it happen, he says he’ll impose tariffs on Russian goods to ratchet up economic pressure. The move underscores Trump’s growing anger with Russian President Vladimir Putin. WSJ’s Lara Seligman unpacks the latest and explores the evolving relationship between Trump and Putin. Jessica Mendoza hosts. Further Listening: -Inside the Hunt for Putin’s Sleeper Agents -How Ukraine Built a Weapon to Control the Black Sea -Ukraine Makes a Deal With Wall Street Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	During his re-election campaign, President Trump promised voters that he'd end the war in Ukraine.
0:12.0	It was a promise Trump made repeatedly, in speeches.
0:16.0	Before I even arrive at the Oval Office, shortly after we win the presidency, I will have the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine settled.
0:25.0	Rallies.
0:25.9	I will have the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine settle.
0:29.9	I'll get it done in 24 hours.
0:31.4	And the presidential debate.
0:33.2	That is a war that's dying to be settled.
0:35.9	I will get it settled before I even become president.
0:38.6	If I win, when I'm president-elect, and what I'll do is I'll speak to one, I'll speak to the other,
0:44.8	I'll get them together.
0:47.6	Trump's plan for settling the war in Ukraine was to get both sides to the negotiating table,
0:52.7	specifically Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky
0:55.0	and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
0:57.8	When Trump came into office, he had this idea that he was going to be the person that
1:02.9	negotiated peace for this long-standing war with so many fatalities.
1:10.0	That's our colleague, Laura Seligman.
1:11.5	She covers the Pentagon and the White House.
1:13.7	He thought that because he is a personal relationship with Vladimir Putin, that if you
1:19.3	just got them in a room together, gave them enough time, he could do it.
1:23.2	He could end the war and end the suffering.
1:28.5	But after nearly six months in office,
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