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Article audio: Trump rejects Zelensky on Tomahawks, but Washington's war lobby refuses to "lose"
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Article audio: Trump rejects Zelensky on Tomahawks, but Washington's war lobby refuses to "lose"

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Trump rejects Zelensky on Tomahawks, but Washington's war lobby refuses to "lose"

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Oct 20
Trump rejects Zelensky on Tomahawks, but Washington's war lobby refuses to "lose"

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky was hoping to leave the White House on Friday with a commitment for long-range US Tomahawk missiles that can strike Russia. Instead, Zelensky once again found himself on the losing end of his strained relationship with President Trump. After musing about providing Tomahawks and even declaring that Ukraine was positioned to recapture all of its territory, Trump rejected Zelensky’s request and urged him to cede the Donbas region to Moscow.

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