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Some reality checks on the Russia sanctions package: 1. Trump already has authority to promulgate sanctions unilaterally. So if Graham bill gives POTUS total waiver authority, real effects are limited 2. Graham spox told us bill wouldnt come to floor until July 21 at earliest

Re-upping @michaelstone's Friday scoop in light of recent newsflow: Trump is expect to announce a fresh weapons package for Ukraine. Discussions are around Patriot missiles and offensive mid-range weapons reuters.com/world/europe/t…

From one Ukrainian source with visibility into coming announcement: It's "not everything we want, but (it's) substantial"

Some things to look out for that would represent a Trump position shift: -Medium or long range offensive weapons -A Patriot battery - or a *lot* of missiles Devil is in details. Remember, some Patriot missiles and limited offensive weapons actually already flowing under USAI

Trump and Rutte 45 minutes into meeting in the Oval and still hasn't opened to press 👀

Trump: We're going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don't have a deal w/ Russia in 50 days

Trump: We've made a deal today to send Europe weapons and they'll be paying for it (No surprise yet)

Rutte: Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and others interested in purchasing weapons from US

Trump drops pretty significant claim: Says he has "solved" the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, centered on Nagorno-Karabakh (Big caveat: This doesn't seem to be supported by the newsflow from that region, though both sides are talking and US is engaged)

Trump on sanctions bill: I'm not sure we need it but it's good they're doing it Notes that he can issue secondary sanctions without Senate Says Thune will come over later to talk

Pistorius: decision on two patriots for Ukraine will be taken within days or weeks, but actual delivery of first system will take months.

New: Trump tells reporters as he departs the White House that the US is not looking to give Ukraine long-range weapons that could strike targets inside Russia and says Zelenskyy should not target Moscow

Scoop: The NSC has been hit by *more* high-profile departures, per sources Ian Bennitt, the maritime senior director who heads the shipbuilding office that Trump set up and a special assistant to the president, left on Friday. The chief of staff, Brian McCormack, gone too

Secretary of State Rubio & the foreign ministers of France, Germany & UK agreed in a phone call on Monday to set the end of August as the deadline for reaching a nuclear deal with Iran. With no deal - UN sanctions will be reimposed. My story on Axios axios.com/2025/07/15/ira…

EU foreign minister Kaja Kallas on weapons deal: "We welcome President Trump's announcement to send more weapons to Ukraine, although we would like to see the U.S. share the burden...If we pay for these weapons, it's our support. So it's European support."

A White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the U.N. post would not be cabinet-level. reuters.com/world/china/tr…

Ukraine is celebrating Trump's weapons reversal. But allies say the latest idea is still more a concept of a plan than a fully fleshed out idea. Now the real work begins. Big take, w/ @michaelstone Jonathan Landay Reuters Steve Holland reuters.com/world/europe/u…

The White House shipbuilding office - housed at the National Security Council - has formally collapsed, per gCaptain. Reuters reported yesterday that the WH maritime tsar had departed White House official argues OMB and State will take on additional maritime roles

White House spokeswoman denies gCaptain report that the shipbuilding office at the NSC has closed Rather it has been moved to the Office of Management and Budget, per White House

Rubio on Syria: "We have agreed on specific steps that will bring this troubling and horrifying situation to an end tonight."