“I expect, in the coming days, you will see weapons flowing at a record level to help Ukraine defend themselves.” – Transcript: Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Lindsey Graham on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” July 13, 2025.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/richard-blumenthal-lindsey-graham-face-the-nation-transcript-07-13-2025/

by rulepanic

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  1. MARGARET BRENNAN: But Senator, respectfully, the President’s rhetoric has changed this week on Russia. He is making clear his patience is very thin. But, he’s got, right now, at his fingertips, just short of $4 billion in presidential drawdown authority. He doesn’t need to ask Congress. He doesn’t need to ask the Europeans for that money. He’s got it if he wants to tap it. Wouldn’t it be a stronger sign if he just sent those weapons or surged them?

    SEN. GRAHAM: Well, the $4 billion and not nearly enough. I expect him to exercise that draw-down authority. But the game, regarding Putin’s invasion of Russia, is about to change. I expect, in the coming days, you will see weapons flowing at a record level to help Ukraine defend themselves. I expect, in the coming days, that there will be tariffs and sanctions available to President Trump he has never had before. I expect, in the coming days, more support from Europe regarding the efforts to help Ukraine. Putin made a miscalculation here. For six months, President Trump tried to entice Putin to the table. The attacks have gone up, not down. One of the biggest miscalculations Putin has made is to play Trump. And you just watch, in the coming days and weeks, there’s going to be a massive effort to get Putin to the table. And to those who are helping him, China, buying cheap Russian oil and having no accountability, those days are about over.

    MARGARET BRENNAN: Senator Blumenthal, on- on Ukraine, North Korea has been sending troops, as you know, to fight for Russia in Ukraine. Russia’s top diplomat was just meeting with Kim Jong Un. We know that the missile technology Russia is providing them is, sort of, their payment for sending bodies to fight. Is that going to make a measurable difference in the North Korean nuclear program? Is there more of a threat today to the US because of it?

    SEN. BLUMENTHAL: The threat of cooperation on that score in sending missile technology to North Korea, as well as support for Iran, that potentially could come from Russia, is a major piece of evidence why we need to be strong with our allies against this axis. It still exists. The success against Iran’s nuclear program ought not to make us complacent about the dangers of proliferating nuclear arms. And, absolutely, yes, we should be coming down stronger, not only on Russia but North Korea, and our plan has to be to deter this kind of nuclear arms cooperation, which is why our working with our allies is so important. As they went around the room, these are the major European leaders, all of them, assembled together last Thursday in Rome, thanking us for being there, Senator Graham and myself, and General Kellogg, representing Trump. This moment of unity must be seized, and the timing is absolutely critical. President Zelensky has been robust and stalwart, but his people are being killed by bombs and drones. Children kidnapped. We need to, really, express the strength of the United States, because only strength can get Putin to the table.

  2. I wish this is right but I will believe it once it’s done

  3. There is the theory that this pivot towards Ukraine – however weak and fickle it may be – is an attempt to divert from the current ruckus regarding the Epstein files.

    I suggest everyone who knows people in the USA or is active in forums with people whom this does concern does their part to ruffle some more feathers.

  5. Quite blueballing me and send it already. Words are wind.

  6. No, they will not. It’s all theatrics and we all know it. Europe needs to step up before they are next.

  7. I mean, it makes sense that the U.S. would sell weapons to Europe, and then Europe would send them to Ukraine. What are people expecting? I don’t understand the confusion. This makes perfect sense and is absolutely great news for Ukraine.

  8. I’ll believe it when I see it. If I see it I’ll be happy.

  9. Curious if any country is ever going to help Ukraine WIN and not just defend itself? How much longer until there is no Ukraine left to save?

    ruzzia must be pounded into submission by Ukraine and any country(s) brave enough to take a stand. How much longer is this nonsense going to continue? Hundreds of thousands of innocent lives have been lost of both sides because putin has a small penis. Bullies only understand force. Sanctions and/or negotiations will not end this war. Wars have winners and losers. Pick a side and fight until it is done already.

  10. Wish I could believe it. But anything coming out of a GOP congressperson’s mouth these days is either evil or a lie…

  11. So like someone explained to him that Ukraine weak -> Russia Strong -> Russia help Iran strong ~> Iran Proxies strong ~> Israel/America wasted money on all the bombing maybe have to go in next time…. China stronger, NK stronger …. There should be a picture book office at the pentagon explaining this shit.

  13. If true, it makes Hesgeth look really bad.
    If false, it’s just another day on the merry-go-round that is Trump’s flip flopping statements  

  14. Send the fucking weapons and ammo just as quickly as hegseth cancelled them and turned shipments of them back to Poland.

    I swear to God that if I were involved in this venture, I’d make sure that the cancellation orders would NOT reach the eyes and ears of the people who pack and ship everything until it reached the hands of the Ukrainian recipients. I would lose my job but it would be worth it for doing the right thing, the meaning of which most of trump’s administration has no idea.

    Balls, not betrayal; Action, not apathy; and Morals, not misinformation will help Ukraine!

  15. YES!! LETS DO THIS AND SAY HELLO TO putin! Ukraine is unstoppable 💙💛

  16. Trump is only doing this to distract from the Epstein files

  17. At this point just quoting these is simply giving the heritage foundation lies yet another platform to lie on internationally.

  18. Until Ukraine confirms aid has been **received** of aid, it’s just bullshit imo. This admins word isn’t worth anything, no matter what “level” it’s communicated at.

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