--- title: Trump Announces ‘Deal’ to Arm Ukraine via NATO description: The arrangement allows Ukraine to get weapons it needs in its war with Russia while providing a way for Europe to increase its defense spending as promised. canonical: https://time.com/7301675/ukraine-us-weapons-nato-military-defense-spending-trump-putin-russia/ author: Chad de Guzman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-07-11T09:00:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-19T08:08:49.928Z article:section: World og:title: Trump Announces ‘Deal’ to Arm Ukraine via NATO og:description: The arrangement allows Ukraine to get weapons it needs in its war with Russia while providing a way for Europe to increase its defense spending as promised. og:url: https://time.com/7301675/ukraine-us-weapons-nato-military-defense-spending-trump-putin-russia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8c78d59b25c5c15/6998c82f83ec3765b2c7ac1a/NATO-deal.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: German Minister Of Defence Meets German Soldiers Stationed In Poland og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Announces ‘Deal’ to Arm Ukraine via NATO twitter:description: The arrangement allows Ukraine to get weapons it needs in its war with Russia while providing a way for Europe to increase its defense spending as promised. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8c78d59b25c5c15/6998c82f83ec3765b2c7ac1a/NATO-deal.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Announces ‘Deal’ to Arm Ukraine via NATO > Sponsored content. 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Trump confirmed that the United States would send Patriot missile systems to Ukraine as part of a broader weapons package coordinated through NATO._  by [Chad de Guzman](https://time.com/author/chad-de-guzman/)  ## Chad de Guzman Reporter Jul 11, 2025 9:00 AM UTC Trump confirmed that the United States would send Patriot missile systems to Ukraine as part of a broader weapons package coordinated through NATO.  by [Chad de Guzman](https://time.com/author/chad-de-guzman/)  ## Chad de Guzman Reporter Jul 11, 2025 9:00 AM UTC Sometimes Donald Trump says he didn’t mean what he said. His [repeated promises](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/25/politics/fact-check-trump-ukraine-war) to end the Russia-Ukraine war on Day 1 of his second-term or sooner were an “exaggeration” that he “said in jest,” he [told TIME in April](https://time.com/7280114/donald-trump-2025-interview-transcript/). “I said that figuratively.” Other times, Trump has shown that he meant what he said. Despite noncommittal responses on the campaign trail when pressed about whether he’d halt U.S. military support to Ukraine, he insisted that [“Europe is not paying their fair share.](https://time.com/6972022/donald-trump-transcript-2024-election/)” (Europe has allocated more total aid to Ukraine than the U.S. has since Russia’s invasion in 2022 and surpassed the U.S. in total military assistance earlier this year, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy’s [Ukraine Support Tracker](https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/).) On Thursday, Trump announced that he “just made a deal” to make that happen, telling [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-tariffs-inflation-hasbro-ukraine-patriot-missiles-nato-russia-rcna218125) that the U.S. will be “sending weapons to NATO, and NATO is paying for those weapons 100% … then NATO is going to be giving those weapons \[to Ukraine\].” The arrangement was reportedly first floated during the [recent North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit](https://time.com/7297825/donald-trump-nato-summit/), where [NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte](https://time.com/7295448/rutte-nato-secretary-general-interview/) referred to [Trump as Europe’s “daddy”](https://time.com/7297927/trump-daddy-nickname-nato-mark-rutte-john-daly-tucker-carlson/) and alliance member states [agreed to an increase in defense spending](https://time.com/7297698/nato-2025-summit-trump-iran-ukraine-defense-topics/). **Read More:** [_The Man Who Wants to Save NATO_](https://time.com/7295448/rutte-nato-secretary-general-interview/) About the plan to use NATO as a middleman for U.S. weapons shipments to Ukraine, a Trump Administration official [told Axios](https://www.axios.com/2025/07/11/trump-ukraine-weapons-nato-allies-sell) that the U.S. is “not sending weapons to Ukraine” but rather “sending defensive weapons to NATO” and “NATO can decide what to do with it.” Another source told Axios that the weapons sold to NATO could include offensive weaponry, not just air defense support. Hours before Trump’s interview with NBC News was published, Rutte [posted on X](https://x.com/SecGenNATO/status/1943390857400389896): “Russia’s continued massive attacks against Ukrainian civilians are deplorable. Earlier today I urged leaders to go further so Ukraine has more ammunition & air defences. I’ve just spoken with President Trump & am now working closely with Allies to get Ukraine the help they need.” The deal to allow European allies to act as an intermediary for U.S. weapons appears to have come at the suggestion of Ukraine, which [Politico reported](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/02/ukraine-weapons-european-money-tactics-00437675) earlier this month had asked the Trump Administration about the potential for such an arrangement despite usual restrictions on the resale of U.S. weapons. The request from Ukraine came amid a [surprise halt](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/02/ukraine-weapons-freeze-elbridge-colby-00438156) by the Pentagon of direct military support to Ukraine, which apparently even [blindsided Trump](https://apnews.com/article/trump-ukraine-weapons-pentagon-15694071ddb6f7040273e9ef090e84c4). The Trump Administration has since resumed [sending some weapons to Ukraine directly](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trump-use-presidential-authority-send-weapons-ukraine-sources-say-2025-07-10/), as Trump has increasingly [expressed frustration](https://time.com/7301112/trump-putin-ukraine-sanctions/) with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war’s continuation. “I’m disappointed in Russia, but we’ll see what happens over the next couple of weeks,” Trump told NBC News, teasing: “I think I’ll have a major statement to make on Russia on Monday.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov at a [Southeast Asian diplomatic summit](https://time.com/7301508/marco-rubio-asean-asia-indo-pacific-security-trump-tariffs-china/) this week, [told reporters](https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/07/secretary-of-state-marco-rubios-remarks-to-the-press-at-the-kuala-lumpur-convention-center): “We need to see a roadmap moving forward about how this conflict can conclude.” ## Transcript And we make the best equipment, the best missiles, the best of everything. The European nations know that. And we've made a deal today. And I'm going to have Mark speak about it. But we've made a deal today where we are going to be sending them weapons and they're going to be paying for them. We, the United States, will not be having any payment made. We are not buying it, but we will manufacture it and they're going to be paying for it. Uh, our last meeting of a month ago is very successful, and that they agreed to 5%, which is more than $1 trillion a year. So they have a lot of money. And they these are wealthy nations. They have a lot of money and they want to do it. They feel very strongly about it, and we feel strongly about it too. But we're in for a lot of money and we just we don't want to do any more. And we can't, but we make the best and we're going to be sending the best to NATO and in some cases to maybe, uh, at Mark's suggestion, if we go to Germany where they're going to send early on missiles and they'll be replaced and NATO is going to take care of it. It's going to be coordinated by NATO, and they're going to work very much with Matt Whitaker, who's right here, who's a great ambassador, and Matt's going to be coordinating. You better do a good job, Matt. I will. And if you could say a few words. Absolutely. You know, Mr. President, dear Donald, this is really big. This is really big. You called me on Thursday that you had taken a decision. And a decision is that you want Ukraine what it needs to have to maintain, to be able to defend itself against Russia. But you don't want Europeans to pay for it, which is totally logical. Um, and this is building on the tremendous success of the NATO summit, uh, the 5%, but also the decision to keep Ukraine strong and the decision to increase our defense, industrial production. So based on that, this is that was Europe stepping up. This is again, Europeans stepping up. So I've been in contact with many countries. I can tell you that at this moment Germany massively, but also Finland and Denmark and Sweden and Norway, Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada. They all want to be part of this. And this is only the first wave. There will be more. So what we will do is work through the NATO systems to make sure that we know what Ukrainians need, so that we can make packages. Of course, in a way, we discussed it this morning with Pete at the Pentagon in a way that, of course, the US will put on its stockpiles necessary to defend this country. That's absolutely clear. But it will mean that Ukraine can get its hands on really massive numbers of military equipment, both for air defence, but also missiles, ammunition, etc., etc.. So if I was Vladimir Putin today and you were speaking about what you were planning to do in 50 days and these announcements, I would reconsider whether I should not take negotiations about Ukraine more seriously than I was doing at the moment if I was Putin, but I'm Ukraine. I think this is really great news for them. So I really want to thank you for that. 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