VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-24
“a hard thing to give away”
Donald Trump · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-24
Trump said this last month when backpedalling on a promise to allow Ukraine to manufacture its own version of the US-made Patriot air defence interceptor.
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