After European leaders stepped up military spending, President Trump aligned himself more closely with them on the war. But his tariff threats have left bruises.

Donald Trump privately urged Ukraine to strike targets deep inside Russia, including Moscow, if supplied with advanced US weapons, signalling a pivotal policy shift in the war and raising stakes for Nato and Kremlin escalation.

President Trump is applying pressure on Moscow by restoring weapons pipelines to Ukraine and imposing tariffs on Russia’s trading partners, in an effort to weaken Russia’s war economy

By Anastasiia Malenko, Steve Holland and Dan Peleschuk KYIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump announced new weapons for Ukraine on Monday, and threatened sanctions on buyers of Russian exports unless Russia agrees a peace deal,

Trump considering major NATO policy shift The president has discussed possibly favoring members of the alliance that spend a set percentage of their GDP on defense, sources told NBC News.

This is one of Trump’s favorite rhetorical tics —the conjuring up of a mythical community (“people are saying”) that agrees wholeheartedly with some highly questionable assertion. Who are these people who were surprised by Putin’s lies and obfuscations about the war?

Trump considering major NATO policy shift The president has discussed possibly favoring members of the alliance that spend a set percentage of their GDP on defense, sources told NBC News.

Trump considering major NATO policy shift The president has discussed possibly favoring members of the alliance that spend a set percentage of their GDP on defense, sources told NBC News.

President Trump now wants to give more weapons to Ukraine and is threatening increased sanctions if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't agree to end the war in 50 days. The president explained why in a phone call with our partners at BBC News.