The Senate moves to limit Trump control over Ukrainian military support

The Senate seeks to slow down the Trump administration policy towards Ukraine, which has oscillated between support and sudden withdrawal, leaving allies and civil servants.

After President Donald Trump recently agreed to return to the sending of arms to Ukraine, the annual Senate Defense Policy Bill would limit the type of adventurism of the executive branch which aroused bipartite concerns, in particular with regard to the decisions of the Pentagon.

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), unveiled Friday after bipartite negotiations by the Senate Armed Services Committee, includes specific railing on American military cooperation. A provision stipulates that the Secretary of Defense cannot unilaterally cease the sharing of military intelligence and the targeting of cooperation with Ukraine.

This decision follows an episode of March in which the Trump administration suddenly interrupted intelligence support and arms expeditions to Ukraine while the president continued diplomacy in Channeaux with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Although the frost was lifted later, the incident alarmed the legislators on both sides of the aisle.

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The NDAA “also reaffirms that it is in the United States policy to help Ukraine maintain credible defense” and increases $ 500 million from Ukraine Security Assist Initiative.

The Bill prohibits the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth from reducing the posture of the American forces in Europe or of renouncing the American role as a supreme allied commander of NATO without analysis and certification of impact in the congress that such changes align with American interests.

The new dispositions arrive in the midst of a notable change in the rhetoric of Trump, which has made more favorable to Ukraine and more critical towards Putin.

Earlier this month, the Pentagon again took a delivery break for the defensive aid previously promised to kyiv, citing an internal assessment of American stocks. The reports indicate that this break may have been launched without informing the White House.

Former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for the American president, met Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Trump Tower on September 27, 2024, in New York. (AP photo / Julia Demaoree Nikhinson)

“This decision was made to put American interests first,” said White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly, referring to a magazine from the Defense Ministry. Pentagon chief spokesperson Sean Parnell echoes this framing, calling a “capacity review” and adding: “We cannot give arms to everyone in the world”.

Shortly after, Trump contradicted the break by suggesting that the United States would send the Patriot missile interceptors and additional defensive aid to Ukraine. The Pentagon later announced that it would resume shipments.

“We are going to send other weapons. We must – they must be able to defend themselves,” said Trump on Monday evening.

President Donald Trump speaks to journalists as he leaves to go to Texas to visit the areas affected by sudden fatal floods of the South White House in Washington, DC, on July 11, 2025. (Reuters / Jonathan Ernst)

Although he spoke with Russian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Putin last week, Trump described his discussion with the Russian president as unsuccessful.

“We get a lot of bulls — We launched by Putin,” Trump told journalists at a meeting of the cabinet. “It is very nice all the time, but it turns out that it does not make sense.”

Pressed who had paused in military aid, Trump did not seem sure.

“I don’t know, why don’t you tell me?” He said on Wednesday. According to Wall Street Journal, Trump told Zelenskyy that he was not responsible for the decision.

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On Thursday, when a journalist asked if he had understood who had ordered the stop, Trump replied: “Well, I didn’t think about it. … I have it, no, I didn’t go.”

Asked what he says that such a major decision could be made without his knowledge, he insisted: “I would know if a decision was made. I will know. I will be the first to know. In fact, I would probably give the order – but I have not yet done it.”

Trump ordered the Pentagon to send more ammunition to Ukraine to use it in patriotic anti -missile defense systems. (Vitalii Nosach / Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio minimized the meaning of the break, describing it as a “limited review” of specific types of ammunition, a common step after operations supported in the Middle East and Europe.

“It was logical,” said Rubio, “especially after a prolonged commitment in the defense of Israel and our own bases.”

The spokesperson for the State Department, Tammy Bruce, also sought to reassure the allies, saying: “The president was obviously very passionate and determined about the ability of Ukraine to defend himself.”

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The current tone of the administration marks a change that is hit earlier this year, when tensions between Trump and Zelenskyy reached a boiling point at a controversial oval office meeting in February.

“You have to be grateful. You don’t have the cards,” Trump said at Zelenskyy, after calling him a “dictator” earlier this month.