President Donald Trump's critics scoffed at his idea for NATO allies to pay more for their defense. Now, a new deal is in place to achieve that goal.

Trump's meeting with NATO Secretary-General marks a policy shift in the Russia-Ukraine war as president combines military support and economic tariffs to pressure Russia toward peace.

US President Donald Trump has finally found a way to arm Ukraine: ask European allies to hand over their weapons and buy American ones in return. Now comes the hard part - agreeing on who will transfer the valuable weapons,

As the conflict in Ukraine labors into its third year, one question now lingers over the war: Can a rapid influx of Western arms and a threatening tariff threat pressure a change in Moscow’s calculus?

TRUMP: ‘WE'RE NOT PAYING ANYTHING … IT WILL BE BUSINESS FOR US’: Details are still to be worked out, but President Donald Trump has teased a major shift in U.S. policy prompted by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s continued rejection of every effort Trump has made to end the war in Ukraine with a negotiated settlement.

Trump, however, has long been a NATO skeptic. He has excoriated NATO as a financial drain on the United States, and it was reported that several times during his first term he even privately threatened to withdraw from it.

The House Armed Services Committee advanced a defense policy bill authorizing a 3.8% pay raise for service members, a boost in funding for Ukraine’s military and a prohibition on restoring Confederate names to military bases.