President Donald Trump says the United States is selling weapons to its NATO allies in Europe so they can provide them to Ukraine as it struggles to fend off a recent escalation in Russia’s drone and missile attacks.

Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA) joins MSNBC’s Ali Velshi to discuss Donald Trump’s shifting explanation of the Ukraine weapons pause and why, according to Rep. Vindman, it’s “dangerous” that our “Commander-in-Chief is the last to know.

President Donald Trump told NBC he struck a deal with NATO on Thursday for the US to send weapons to Ukraine through the alliance, and that NATO will pay for those weapons “a hundred percent.”

A new book alleges that President Donald Trump told donors he threatened Russian President Vladimir Putin with bombing Moscow if Russia invaded Ukraine.

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump for the first time since returning to office will send weapons to Kyiv under a presidential power frequently used by his predecessor, two sources familiar with the decision said on Thursday, a move suggesting new interest by the president in defending Ukraine.

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Following the Pentagon announcing a pause on weapons, the U.S. president said Ukraine must defend itself from Russia.

The Trump administration has resumed sending some weapons to Ukraine, a week after the Pentagon had directed that some deliveries be paused.

U.S. military and NATO officials are discussing a possible plan that could be unveiled in the coming days to provide Ukraine with much-needed aerial defense weapons.