{"id":2620755,"date":"2026-06-29T07:55:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-changed-his-tune-on-ukraine-but-dont-expect-him-to-start-cutting-checks\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T07:59:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:59:53","slug":"trump-changed-his-tune-on-ukraine-but-dont-expect-him-to-start-cutting-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-changed-his-tune-on-ukraine-but-dont-expect-him-to-start-cutting-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump changed his tune on Ukraine, but don\u2019t expect him to start cutting checks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-changed-his-tune-on-ukraine-but-dont-expect-him-to-start-cutting-checks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2620755&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump has expressed admiration for Ukraine\u2019s military achievements but remains cautious about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-army-officer-former-state-department-official-weigh-in-on-israel-attacks\/\" title=\"Retired Army Officer, Former State Department Official Share Views on Israel Attacks\">providing extensive support<\/a>. During recent visits, he acknowledged Ukraine\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nato-needs-to-take-advantage-of-ukrainian-window-of-opportunity\/\" title=\"NATO needs to take advantage of Ukrainian &#039;window of opportunity&#039;\">recent battlefield successes<\/a>, marking a shift from previous skepticism about its chances against Russia. While praising Ukraine\u2019s courage and military equipment, Trump emphasized that Ukraine\u2019s fighters are resilient and well-supported.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his comments,White House officials stated that there has been no change in U.S. policy toward Ukraine or the war. Trump\u2019s remarks have alarmed Russia, with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov questioning whether his past meetings with Putin and calls for ceasefires serve U.S. interests.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has become a leader in drone technology,securing agreements with Middle Eastern nations and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >increasing domestically produced military equipment<\/a>. Ukrainian officials are also open too testing new western military technologies on their battlefields to improve their defenses.<\/p>\n<p>While the U.S.has not officially altered its stance, some officials view Ukraine\u2019s military buildup as a positive sign aligned with trump\u2019s emphasis on NATO member contributions. Trump plans to attend a NATO summit in Turkey, where defense spending and Ukraine will be key topics. there is a noticeable shift in tone from earlier skepticism to cautious support, amidst ongoing international discussions on Ukraine and NATO commitments.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4625487\/iran-strikes-cargo-ship-strait-of-hormuz\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> has been impressed by Ukraine\u2019s military prowess, but that doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019ll start cutting blank checks to President Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both at the G7 last week and upon his return to Washington, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4619904\/trump-perfect-storm-midterm-elections\/\">Trump<\/a> voiced approval of Ukraine\u2019s stacking battlefield wins, a departure from his frequent claims that Ukraine had slim to no chance of winning its war with Russia.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4628225\/markwayne-mullin-haiti-deportation-stance\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Markwayne Mullin reaffirms Haitian deportation stance after apparent backtrack<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4628145\/trump-renovations-east-potomac-golf-links-begin-september\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump: Renovations to DC\u2019s East Potomac Golf Links begin in September<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4628136\/trump-meet-communist-dc-mayor-janeese-lewis-george\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says he\u2019ll meet with \u2018communist\u2019 DC mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">French President Emmanuel Macron, who chaired the G7 summit, said that Trump\u2019s conversations with leaders at Evian marked \u201ca real change in approach\u201d from the administration. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo matter how you look at it, he\u2019s doing pretty well. He\u2019s holding his own,\u201d Trump said of Zelensky during an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4624151\/trump-supplemental-funding-pentagon-iran\/\">Oval Office<\/a> sit-down with North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4615669\/rutte-nato-ukraine-window-of-opportunity\/\">Mark Rutte<\/a> on Wednesday, noting the high casualty count on both the Russian and Ukrainian sides of the war. \u201cHe\u2019s courageous, he\u2019s got great equipment, but he\u2019s got great men. He\u2019s got fighters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president campaigned heavily on ending limitless American support of Ukraine\u2019s defense, the de facto stance of the Biden administration, and he\u2019s repeatedly taken flak from NATO leaders in the past for handling Russian President Vladimir Putin with \u201ckid gloves,\u201d as one veteran European diplomat told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI believe that what President Trump is saying now, compared to where we were this time last year, is really an extraordinary turnaround,\u201d that person stated. \u201cThere was a time where [Europe] was really worried that the president would pressure Ukraine into completely caving to Russia\u2019s demands for ending the war, but he seems to be in a different headspace.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But White House officials denied that Trump\u2019s apparent 180 signaled a shift in American policy on the war. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe President has a humanitarian heart and wants this war settled so the senseless killing ends,\u201d a White House official told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cThe President and his team have worked very hard to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, and he remains optimistic that we\u2019ll ultimately get a peace deal done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, Trump\u2019s own words appear to have caused significant hand-wringing in Moscow. Earlier this week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov questioned whether Trump\u2019s meeting with Putin last year in Anchorage, Alaska, and the president\u2019s consistent calls for a ceasefire were a \u201cU.S. ploy to buy time to rearm the Kyiv regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs far as Ukraine \u200bis concerned, we want to understand what happened in Evian,\u201d Lavrov said in Moscow. \u201cThe Americans haven\u2019t yet \u200btold us what they took away from the summit in Evian or what their future course of action will be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the first few years of the war saw Ukraine fighting on the back foot, a government focus on both offensive and defensive drone capabilities has made Ukraine into a global leader in unmanned battlefield technologies. This fact was underlined by 10-year drone defense agreements the country signed with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates during the war in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4623969\/trump-iranian-school-strike-american-military-innocent\/\">Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iryna Zabolotna, the chief operating officer at Ukrainian state-backed military investment and innovation group Brave1, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that in May of this year alone, Ukraine\u2019s Ministry of Defense \u201cauthorized 175 new weapons and military equipment models for operational use.\u201d Zabolotna claimed that \u201cnearly 93%\u201d of the new systems were wholly developed and manufactured by Ukrainian defense companies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She also told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that Ukraine is actively seeking partnerships with Western countries to try out emerging technologies on Ukrainian battlefields.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are super open. We established a test in Ukraine \u2013 a program where any company from the Allied countries can visit Ukraine and test their solution in the near-combat conditions and get feedback from the soldiers,\u201d she said. \u201cThere is simply nowhere else in the world where a company can validate its technology in such conditions at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the White House isn\u2019t officially changing policy yet, three senior Trump administration officials told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that Ukraine\u2019s near-overnight buildup of its own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dod-troops-wont-be-punished-for-kabul-airstrike\/\" title=\"DOD: Troops won...t be punished for Kabul airstrike\">military industrial complex<\/a> has certainly caught the attention of the American government and signaled that some in the administration believe Ukraine represents model behavior in terms of Trump\u2019s demands of fellow NATO members on defense spending.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next month, Trump travels to Turkey to attend the NATO leaders\u2019 summit, where both Ukraine and total defense budgets will likely be top topics of conversation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking in Washington on Thursday, Rutte, widely known as one of Europe\u2019s foremost \u201cTrump whisperers,\u201d said that he had \u201cno complaints\u201d about the current U.S. stance on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou guys are still providing this essential anti-ballistic missile equipment, particularly the PAC-3 missiles for the Patriot system, but also other essential gear only the U.S. can provide,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahead of the meeting, the Trump administration announced a six-month <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4613845\/hegseth-nato-review-us-force-posture-europe\/\">review<\/a> of U.S. troop deployments to Europe, the president\u2019s latest effort to cajole his European peers into pouring 5% of their respective gross domestic products toward military spending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4625487\/iran-strikes-cargo-ship-strait-of-hormuz\/\"><strong>IRAN STRIKES CARGO SHIP IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ, ENDANGERING TRUMP\u2019S PEACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most NATO members pledged to meet that spending goal during last summer\u2019s summit, but Rutte added that next month\u2019s meetings in Turkey would be even more important in terms of sending a unified message to Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s great to have the commitments, and The Hague was a big success, but then to deliver on the commitments, and that\u2019s what I\u2019m seeing is going to happen in Ankara, is even more important,\u201d he said Thursday. \u201cIn the end, Putin is not afraid of commitments. He is afraid of implementing those commitments, and that\u2019s exactly what we are doing, Vladimir.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump praises Ukraine\u2019s gains, but won\u2019t send blank checks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":2620756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP25362794325554.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36469,3634,6991],"class_list":["post-2620755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-political-stance","tag-trump","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP25362794325554.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2620755"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2620759,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620755\/revisions\/2620759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2620756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2620755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2620755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2620755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}