President Donald Trump held a press conference after the NATO Heads of State and Government Summit in The Hague, Netherlands on Jun. 25, 2025. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images)
"We know that Russia has been pounding Ukraine really heavily right now," she added.
Trump asked the reporter, "Are you living yourself now in Ukraine?"
"My husband is there," she said.
Noticing her emotion, Trump interjected, "Wow. I can see you're … you know, it's amazing."
The woman added, "And me with the kids, I'm in Warsaw, actually."
Trump continued to ask the woman about her personal connection to the news she was reporting on. She responded that her husband was indeed a solider currently in Ukraine, drawing an audible reaction from Trump.
"Wow. That's rough stuff, right? That's tough," Trump said. "Let me just tell you, they do want to have the anti-missile missiles, as they call them, the Patriots. And we're going to see if we can make some available."
"You know, they're very hard to get. We need them too," Trump said. "We were supplying them to Israel, and they're very effective. 100% effective. Hard to believe how effective. And they do want that more than any other thing, as you probably know. That's a very good question. And I wish you a lot of luck. I mean, I can see that it's very upsetting to you."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives at a dinner for NATO heads of states and government on the sidelines of a NATO summit, at Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, on Jun. 24, 2025. (Reuters/Toby Melville)
Trump said that the Ukraine crisis "has also highlighted the urgency of rebuilding our defense industrial base, both in the United States and among the allied nations." He said the U.S. cannot be dependent on foreign adversaries for critical minerals.
Shortly after seeing Zelenskyy, Trump said he would soon meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. He cited having difficulties dealing with both leaders.
Trump was asked by a different reporter if the United States would contribute any more money to Ukraine's defense this year in addition to the $5 billion that allies are giving.
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"As far as the money going, we'll see what happens," Trump said. "Look, Vladimir Putin, really end that war. People are dying at levels that people haven't seen before for a long time."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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