‘We don’t need Ukraine’s help’ — Trump rebuffs Zelensky’s drone defense offer

https://kyivindependent.com/trump-ukraine-drone-defenses/

45 Comments

  1. Alighieri-Dante on

    Zelensky has the cards, and Trump’s ego refuses to admit it, possibly at the expense of American and other lives. What a time to be alive. I’m glad I’m not an American. 

  2. Flimsy_Category_9369 on

    This is gonna get American soldiers killed, Ukraine is fully aware of the damage drones can do against ground forces

  3. Turbulent-Tone-1867 on

    Imagine refusing help from a country that are experts in drone interception? Lol. This presidents ego will be the end of the US.

  4. Glass-Amount-9170 on

    I’d bet my life on Ukrainian drone knowledge way before kegseth and trumps bullshit.

  5. “We dont need anyone’s help!!!”

    “We will remember who didnt help us against iran”

  6. DullBladeConnoisseur on

    The senile turd actually needs to be put into some kind of psych ward, please America, tell me you’re not that stupid to still fall for this shit in November again.

  7. IntelArtiGen on

    > “No, we don’t need (Ukraine’s) help in drone defense,” Trump said in the interview. “We know more about drones than anybody. We have the best drones in the world, actually.”

    He doesn’t even understand the question. There’s a difference between attack drones and drone defense, Ukraine clearly has the best or at least the most experienced drone defense in the world. It would be silly to ignore their experience on this.

  8. Dont-be-a-smurf on

    Even if you didn’t…

    Why needless spend political capital shouting that.

    For fuck’s sake have some prudence. Measure the consequences of what you say. Maximize your capital.

    There may always come a day when you need to call on someone.

    Burning bridges shouldn’t be a recreational activity.

  9. “We know more about drones than anybody. We have the best drones in the world, actually.”

    Ohh yeah

  10. Ok_Manufacturer_5323 on

    Imagine how ridiculously charitable a country has to be to offer some of their limited air defences to an ally while being attacked by Russia and fighting for existence 

  11. Kaffe-Mumriken on

    How funny I was just listening to a podcast about Ukrainian anti drone development and was thinking how great it will be now that we are cooperating with them on that.

    Fuck me i guess.

  12. skywalkers_glove on

    Disgusting. Zelensky offering this with all his troubles shows what a thoroughly decent guy he is. The exact opposite of this orange moron.

  13. Assumption-Putrid on

    This is the idiotic macho mindset where asking or needing help is a sign of weakness that cannot be permitted. If you accept help you might have an obligation to give help in return.

  14. Given the U.K./Ukranian Skycutter drone just aced the US military tests and beat all US domestic competitors, I beg to differ….

  15. Old_news123456 on

    So the past few years has been a testing ground in Ukraine. 

    They have been using and testing military hardware from the Americans and seeing in real time how it responds in war. 

    In addition, Ukrainians are well educated and resourceful. Their drone technology is actually fairly impressive. 

    So they have all this data and improvements but the US says nope! Lol. That’s fine. Let them get bogged down in a was they can’t win, or if they do win, it will be at great cost. 

    As a Canadian I’m done with the stupidity. I have my popcorn and I’m watching the disaster unfold. Not much I can do other than be grateful he’s too busy for Canada and Greenland while I watch costs get even more problematic. 

  16. SignedUpForDarkMode on

    They’re sending a Marine expedentiary force to keep the straight open. There is no one currently better at deploying and countering drones than Ukraine after a bloody 4-year war with continentalist Russia. Trump would rather let our military personnel drop dead in his war of choice than accept assistance in exchange for favors. Fuck this manchild cunt and his law-breaking cabinets.

  17. The president’s hubris will result in the preventable deaths of service members.

  18. MachineSea3164 on

    Good good, Iran has more drones and missiles than the US has missile interceptors.

    Soon the US bases and airfields will be plummeted. Maybe they will start to grow a brain after that but I’m afraid not.

  19. Whelp. Hope America is ready to fight a war that they haven’t really trained for.

  20. Anyone paying attention to the war over there would be clamoring for Ukraine’s field knowledge in drone warfare. Not surprised by this reaction, my country is run by moron/ls who don’t think of anything but themselves.

  21. The Arrested Development Narrator: “*Unfortunately for everyone involved, that wasn’t true.*”

  22. Give it a week. He’ll be complaining that the Ukraine isn’t willing to help the US with drone defenses….and after all we’ve done for them…sad.

    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

  23. ImpracticalJerker on

    Gotta love that trump continues to slag off his actual allies whilst lifting sanctions on everyone’s enemy who are also seemingly helping Iran blow up American bases. At this point it’s blindingly obvious he doesn’t work for the us he works for Russia. I wish our politicians would actually acknowledge this instead of constantly kissing his ass and sticking their heads in the sand.

  24. He is like a pullstring doll that can only say a few lines.

    “We know more about ____ than anybody.”

    “We have the best ____ than anyone”

    “Nobody knows more about ____ than me.”

  25. “We’re going to refuse Ukraine’s offer to help, and drop sanctions on Russia to better bankroll their ability to steamroll Ukraine”

    Trump is a fucking traitor.

  26. Technical-Singer-106 on

    Interesting stance to take considering just 10 Ukrainian drone operators held up and neutralised 2 NATO Armoured brigades over a 6 hour wargame / training scenario quite recently…

  27. Don’t trust what he says, trust what he does. He’s just blustering in public. I assume we’re taking the help, just trying not to tell the big dummy about it.

  28. Informal-Resolve-831 on

    “Ukrainian forces recorded 819,737 video-confirmed drone hits in 2025” – the Ministry of Defence.

    How many Trump has? A dozen?