Trump to meet the General Secretary of NATO amid a plan to sell weapons to Ukraine

President Trump is scheduled to meet with NATO Secretary -General Mark Retti this week in the wake of the US leader announces plans to sell NATO weapons that can move to Ukraine.

In a statement, NATO said that Root will be in Washington on Monday and Tuesday and will also meet Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, Defense Minister Beit Higseth and members of Congress.

CBS News has arrived at the White House for an additional comment.

Senator Lindsey Graham emphasized “confrontation with the nation with Margaret Brennan” that he and the Democratic Senator Richard Blumentel will meet Root on Monday.

“A turning point regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is coming,” said Graham.

While the NATO statement did not mention the reason for the Roti trip, it comes after Mr. Trump disturbed last week that he would issue a “major statement” on Russia on Monday, as Ukraine is struggling to repel the huge and complex air attacks launched by the Russian forces.

The president also hinted that his administration will send more defensive weapons to Ukraine amid its war with Russia, days after Stopping Some arms shipments.

“We will send more weapons. We have to be able to defend themselves,” Mr. Trump told reporters during an event at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday evening.

Mr. Trump told the correspondents on Sunday that the United States will send more Patriot missiles to Ukraine, but it has not yet decided.

“Stay tuned for a plan as America will start selling to our European allies, huge amounts of weapons that could benefit Ukraine,” Graham said in “Confronting the Nation”.

“The idea of selling US weapons to help Ukraine play,” said Graham. “Ukraine has given us a lot. We give them money, and we provide them with military assistance. We now have a metal agreement with Ukraine, which is trillion dollars. So I don’t want to apply to the president, but continue to control the seized assets. The Europeans want to limit the benefit of assets to go to Ocreen.”

Rubio said on Friday that some US -made weapons that Ukraine seek are deployed with NATO allies in Europe. He said that these weapons can be transferred to Ukraine, where European countries buy alternatives from the United States.

“It is much faster to transfer something, for example, from Germany to Ukraine more than his request from the (United States) factory and obtaining it there,” Rubio told reporters last week during a visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Mr. Trump also faces calls from Republicans and Democrats, as well as European allies, to support legislation in the Senate aimed at paralyzing the oil industry in Russia and hitting Moscow with US sanctions because of its continuous invasion of Ukraine. In part, legislation calls for a 500 % tariff for goods imported from countries that continue to buy oil and gas, Russian uranium and other exports. It will have a tremendous impact on the economic giant in China and India, which represents about 70 % of the energy trade in Russia.

Graham said that a diploma supports “the sanctions of Congress with a heavy hammer” will follow “the economy of Russian President Vladimir Putin and” all those countries that support Putin’s war machine. “

“The Congress we are looking for will give President Trump the ability to impose a 500 % tariff on any country that helps Russia and supports Putin’s war machine,” said Graham. “He can contact him up or down. He can move to 0 %, to 500 %. He has maximum flexibility. But we are dealing with people who keep Putin in business and additional sanctions on Russia itself. It’s really a heavy adult available to President Trump to end this war.”

Blumentel said that this is a “critical moment” of these sanctions and “the dropping of this hammer at this moment was confirmed by all European allies who were at the meeting that was attended by the Senator Graham in Europe.”

Elsewhere, multiple diplomatic sources told CBS News that Mr. Trump is considering a new financing for Ukraine for the first time since he took office in January.

The sources indicated that the new financing could aim to send a message to Russia. US officials told CBS News that Mr. Trump has $ 3.85 billion in the presidential clouds authority dating back to the Biden era, which sits within his reach, which can be used to send American military equipment to Ukraine. Former officials also told CBS News He has the power of seizure About $ 5 billion of Russian foreign assets and directing money to Ukraine, although he or former President Joe Biden was not used this authority.

Congress has been prepared to work on the legislation, sponsored by Republican Senator Lindsay Graham from South Carolina and Democratic Richard Blumentel from Connecticut, for some time.

The draft law obtained overwhelming support in the Senate, but the Republican leadership was waiting for Trump to give the green light before moving forward. The White House expressed some reservations about the legislation.

Margaret Brennan

He contributed to this report.