Days after publicly floating the idea, President Donald Trump on Friday backed off giving powerful long-range weapons to Ukraine, telling reporters and President Volodymyr Zelensky that he had concerns about depleting the US supply.

Trump made the comments during a White House meeting in which Zelensky was hoping to get the full-throated fanfare of Trump announcing increased military assistance on the heels of Trump’s success in reaching a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.

As reporters asked the two leaders questions, the public saw Zelensky openly negotiating with Trump, offering to help the U.S. produce more armed drones in exchange for powerful Tomahawk missiles capable of striking deep inside Russia.

“We’d much rather not need Tomahawks. We’d much rather get the war over,” Tr

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