Subject: Re: Dope, your orders have changed

What people here aren’t grasping - because they can’t - was that Trump today took that off the table. He basically signaled to Putin, “I tried to get you to come to the table…now, good luck”.

One little thing about that. Lord Trump was talking about the Europeans buttressing Ukraine, and Europeans shooting down Russian aircraft that infringe their airspace. He's talking a good game about Ukraine retaking everything the Russians now occupy, presumably including Crimea, but he has not proposed to Congress any additional supplies to Ukraine to help make that happen.

From the Google net sifter:

As of September 2025, Donald Trump's administration has not proposed any new, direct U.S. military aid for Ukraine that would be funded by the American government. Instead, it has established a new mechanism for providing military assistance, with NATO allies footing the bill for U.S. weapons.

The new military aid framework

In July 2025, the Trump administration and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced a new weapons delivery system for Ukraine. This model operates on the principle that NATO allies send weapons from their own stockpiles to Ukraine, and the U.S. then sells replacement arms to the allies.
Key details include:

European funding: Under this "pay-for-play" system, NATO countries are responsible for financing the U.S. weapons. In September 2025, Reuters reported that the first aid packages under this plan were approved, potentially amounting to as much as $10 billion in weapons.

NATO coordination: NATO is leading the effort to coordinate what Ukraine needs and what member states can provide, with the U.S. supplying the backfill.

And now, the US has stepped back from bidding on a new contract for Denmark, saying the US needs all it's material for itself. My takeaway is Trump has decided he can't get an easy Nobel for "solving" Ukraine, so he's walking away, and looking for other adventures.

Steve....HBTT