Earlier in the week, the Pentagon announced that it had suspended some weapons delivered to Ukraine. Senior fellow at the America First Policy Institute Fred Fleitz told Newsmax on Saturday that President Donald Trump "wasn't aware" of the decision and is planning to provide additional hardware to Ukraine.
"What I understand is that this decision by the Pentagon to shut off or partially shut off military aid was not coordinated through the rest of the U.S. government," Fleitz said during an appearance on "Wake Up America Weekend."
"The State Department didn't approve of it. The White House wasn't aware of it.
"And the president made statements yesterday that he appears to be prepared to reverse part of this, at least to provide Patriot missiles," he said.
Trump is becoming increasingly frustrated that the war isn't winding down, Fleitz said, and there needs to be better communication between the various U.S. intelligence agencies.
"What this means we need a national security adviser to mediate differences between these agencies to make sure things like this doesn't happen. The footage that we saw of that strike is just absolutely horrifying," he said, referencing a strike in Ukraine.
"And I think the minute you take one look at that, you realize why it is necessary to be able to provide them with the arms that they do need."
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