WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is downplaying the possibility of sending Ukraine long-range weapons as Kyiv awaits an injection of U.S. weaponry that it hopes will help it beat back an intensifying Russian air offensive. Trump on Tuesday offered a more cautious tone on what to expect after he threatened Russia a day earlier with steep tariffs if President Vladimir Putin doesn’t soon end the three-year conflict. Trump also told the BBC in an interview published Tuesday that he trusts “almost nobody” when asked whether he trusts Putin. It was further evidence of a break with Putin, whom he has long spoken admiringly of.
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