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 still lied. She openly refused to call it a genocide, she said Israel was “defending” itself, and she helped Biden sell the lie that they were working tirelessly for a ceasefire and a two state solution. That’s all lies too.

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          Nobody genuinely believed that Trump would support Gaza, even the article says he would bring “peace,” which as anyone knows would require the dissolution of the state of Israel and a full, secular, democratic Palestine. Harris lost because she campaigned to the right of Biden, who was already right-wing.

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            Nobody genuinely believed that Trump would support Gaza,

            Muslims believed him and voted for him. That’s what the NPR article I linked was about.

            Harris lost because she campaigned to the right of Biden

            Which, as I said, is because she didn’t lie.

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              Trump was not campaigning to the Left. A huge proportion of Deerborn voted for Jill Stein, not Trump. Some did, but nobody in any significant numbers thought Trump would be better for genocide.

              Harris could have told the truth and not run a far-right campaign.

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                Harris could have told the truth and not run a far-right campaign.

                ? She said she supported Israel. That’s telling the truth.

                Muslims didn’t agree with Harris so voted for Trump who said he supported Palestine. It’s not theoretical. More Muslims voted for Trump. That’s why there’s an NPR article about their leopards eating faces moment.

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                  Harris said : As president, I will exert every effort to terminate the war in Gaza, secure the release of hostages, alleviate the suffering there, ensure Israel’s safety, and guarantee that the Palestinian people can attain their rights to dignity, freedom, security, and self-determination"

                  She was lying

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                  No, I mean she could have been truthful, and she could have run a leftward campaign.

                  As for Muslim voters, a small portion voted for Trump, but another portion voted for Jill Stein. If Harris wanted to get votes from Muslim voters, her and Biden could have not supported genocide.

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                    No, I mean she could have been truthful, and she could have run a leftward campaign

                    You mean she could have been an entirely different person? She supported Israel. To say otherwise would have been a lie.

                    Trump said he supported Palestinians and got Muslim votes in key states.