#Trump backtracked on Friday from a promise to let #Ukraine make Patriot missiles, a sorely needed #defense interceptor against #Russia’s deadly ballistic missile attacks.
On July 8, Trump had unexpectedly assented to sharing technology behind the missiles to allow Ukraine to build them, saying that “we’ll give them the right to make Patriots” during a meeting with President #Zelensky on the sidelines of the #NATO summit. He added: “We’ll show them how to do it.”