Donald Trump says of Ukraine Patriot missile tech: "they can some day turn on you"
“People that you give that technology, they can some day turn on you. You know that is possible”
Reported September 25, 2026 by euronews.com. Checked word for word against that report.
Ukraine is seeking a license to build Patriot interceptor missiles at home, arguing they are essential for defending against Russian attacks with ballistic missiles. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Donald Trump had told him the United States would approve such production; the two had met at the UN General Assembly in New York. At a cabinet meeting in late July, Trump said no agreement had been made and that the matter was still being discussed, describing the transfer as difficult because of risks linked to sharing the technology. The conflicting accounts leave unclear whether Kyiv will be able to make the interceptors inside the country, which it says it needs for its air defenses.
- euronews.com ↗︎25 SEP 2026