美国总统特朗普在Camp David内阁会议上宣布，美国不会同意让乌克兰制造爱国者防空导弹。[1]特朗普表示，"我们没有同意这个事项。我们在讨论，但转让这类技术是件很难的事情。"[1]这一立场与他数天前在白宫与乌克兰总统泽连斯基会面时的暗示以及本月在土耳其举行的北约峰会上的提议形成直接矛盾。[1]
特朗普称，美国计划在国内建造工厂生产爱国者和战斧导弹，但暂不包括在乌克兰生产。[1]目前，美国陆军已与洛克希德马丁公司签订586亿美元合同以重建爱国者导弹供应，因为五角大楼库存中三分之二的爱国者拦截器已被投入使用。[1]
President Trump reversed his earlier commitment to permit Ukraine to produce Patriot air defense missiles, citing the difficulty of transferring such advanced military technology [1]. The announcement came during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David, contradicting statements Trump had made just days earlier during White House talks with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and at this month's NATO summit in Turkey, where he had proposed the initiative [1].
"We have not agreed to that. We're talking about it, but it's a hard thing to give away that kind of technology," Trump said at the Camp David meeting [1]. Instead, Trump indicated that the United States will construct domestic manufacturing facilities to produce Patriot and Tomahawk missiles, though Ukraine is not currently included in these plans [1]. The Pentagon faces significant supply challenges, with approximately two-thirds of its Patriot interceptors already deployed from inventory [1]. The Army has signed a $58.6 billion contract with Lockheed Martin to rebuild the supply [1].