The Pentagon has halted shipments of critical US Patriot air defence systems and other precision weapons to Ukraine after concern that US stockpiles are running too low, prompting alarm in Kyiv.

At the end of last week’s Nato summit, Donald Trump hinted that supplies of Patriot missile interceptors were running down because some had been supplied to Israel, though he suggested he would like to help Kyiv.

After a meeting with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the US president acknowledged that Ukraine did “want to have the anti-missile systems, as they call the Patriots, and we’re going to see if we can make some available”.

But Trump added: “They’re very hard to get. We need them. We were supplying them to Israel,” implying that supporting Israel in its war with Iran – a priority for the Republican administration – had set back its willingness to help Kyiv.

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    She could have run an entirely different campaign

    That has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that she didn’t lie. You wanted her to be someone else. That’s valid. But she didn’t lie about her position on Israel.

    Your point is veering on “muslims are too stupid to realize Trump is a Zionist too,”

    Trump lied about Palestinians. I provided proof that it was believed and his lies influenced the election.

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        I provided proof of one lie having an influence. It wasn’t one person’s testimonial.

        "This year, President-elect Donald Trump received the most support out of any presidential candidate, with 42% of the vote in Dearborn. "

        Muslims don’t only live in Dearborn.

        How is lying to win an election 4d chess?