Trump Offers Word-Salad Gibberish To Explain His Position On Patriot Missiles For Ukraine

The president publicly said three weeks ago that he would let Ukraine build its own anti-missile interceptors. Now he says maybe not.

Senior White House Correspondent, HuffPost

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Friday offered a 645-word string of incoherent non-sequiturs to explain whether he is honoring a previous commitment to let Ukraine build its own Patriot anti-missile interceptor factory to defend itself against Russian attacks.

“We have not agreed to that. We’re talking about it. But it’s a hard thing to give away that kind of technology. And I don’t think this would ever happen, but, you know, you give that technology, they can someday turn on you. You know, that is possible. You look at war, it’s happened a couple of times over the years, right,” Trump said, answering a reporter’s question about whether he was now reneging on his pledge from just three weeks ago.

His lengthy response included explosion noises, an attack on former President Joe Biden’s mental........

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