{"id":4433,"date":"2025-09-24T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sawahsolutions.com\/national\/us-president-has-urged-nato-countries-to-shoot-down-russian-jets-which-penetrate-their-airspace\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T05:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T05:20:21","slug":"us-president-has-urged-nato-countries-to-shoot-down-russian-jets-which-penetrate-their-airspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sawahsolutions.com\/national\/us-president-has-urged-nato-countries-to-shoot-down-russian-jets-which-penetrate-their-airspace\/","title":{"rendered":"US President has urged Nato countries to shoot down Russian jets which penetrate their airspace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Sean Rayment<\/em><\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump said Russian planes intruding into Nato airspace should be shot down, in a marked hardening of tone towards Moscow amid frustration over his stalled attempt to end the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n

In remarks after a fiery speech to the United Nations in which he ridiculed Russia\u2019s failure to defeat Ukraine, Trump said that direct US involvement in attacking Russian incursions would \u201cdepend on the circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before his meeting with President Zelensky, Trump was asked by a reporter:\u00a0\u201cMr President, do you think that they should shoot down Russian aircraft if they enter their airspace?\u201d
Trump replied:\u00a0\u201cYes, I do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later, the reporter followed up:\u00a0\u201cYou said that you thought that [Nato allies] should shoot down the Russian aircraft. Would you back them up? Would the United States help them out in some way?\u201d
Trump said:\u00a0\u201cDepends on the circumstance. But, you know, we\u2019re very strong toward Nato. Nato has stepped up. You know, when they went from 2 per cent to 5 per cent, that was great unity. Trillions of dollars is being pumped in and they\u2019re paying us for the weapons that we sent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s words raise the stakes for future incursions after Poland\u2019s prime minister, Donald Tusk, said his country would \u201cwithout discussion\u201d shoot down flying objects if they violated Polish airspace.<\/p>\n

The US president used his appearance at the UN in New York to refocus his approach to the conflict, calling Zelensky \u201ca brave man\u201d and posting later that he now believed Ukraine could win back all its territory with European support.<\/p>\n

\u201cRussia has been fighting aimlessly for three and a half years a war that should have taken a real military power less than a week to win. This is not distinguishing Russia,\u201d\u00a0Trump wrote on Truth Social.\u00a0\u201cIn fact, it is very much making them look like \u2018a paper tiger\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if he trusted President Putin, Trump said he would have an answer in \u201cabout a month\u201d. He told reporters:\u00a0\u201cI thought [solving the war] was going to be the easiest one because of my relationship with Putin. Unfortunately, that relationship didn\u2019t mean anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s stance marks a sharp shift from February, when he chided Zelensky in the Oval Office, saying\u00a0\u201cyou don\u2019t have the cards\u201d\u00a0in a suggestion that Ukraine could not win the war.<\/p>\n

Zelensky welcomed the change of tone, telling reporters at the UN on Tuesday:\u00a0\u201cTrump is a game-changer by himself.\u201d<\/em>He called Trump\u2019s post a \u201cbig shift\u201d and \u201cvery positive,\u201d adding:\u00a0\u201cHe is ready to give Ukraine security guarantees\u201d after the war ends.<\/p>\n

Appearing on Fox News the same night, Zelensky said he was\u00a0\u201ca little bit\u201d<\/em>\u00a0surprised by Trump\u2019s new attitude towards the war in Ukraine.\u00a0\u201cI think we have better relations than before. I see very positive signals that Trump and America will be with us to the end of the war.\u201d<\/p>\n

He warned European countries that Putin \u201cfeels\u201d they cannot defend themselves after Russian planes and drones breached Polish, Estonian and Danish airspace. He said Europe lacked sufficient air defences and that Putin\u00a0\u201cwants to go to other territories.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Zelensky added that Putin was \u201cafraid\u201d to meet him for face-to-face talks, dismissing Moscow\u2019s invitation as a way of \u201cpostponing\u201d such a meeting.<\/p>\n

Trump also met President Macron of France on Tuesday, confirming it was now his belief that Ukraine should regain all its land.\u00a0\u201cSo it\u2019s a very sad situation, but most of you have seen the recent statement I put out a little while ago, and I\u2019m glad you got it, but I feel that way. I really do feel that way. Let them get their land back.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his Truth Social post, Trump wrote:\u00a0\u201cI think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form. With time, patience, and the financial support of Europe and, in particular, Nato, the original borders from where this war started, is very much an option.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s change of tack was floated in a speech that also warned Europe it was being destroyed by a\u00a0\u201cdouble-tailed monster\u201d\u00a0of immigration and clean energy.\u00a0\u201cYour countries are going to hell,\u201d\u00a0he declared.<\/p>\n

Only a week after his unprecedented second state visit to the UK, the president singled out Britain, claiming London was heading towards Islamic law under its mayor, Sir Sadiq Khan, and squandering the potential of North Sea oil.\u00a0\u201cI hope the prime minister is listening,\u201d\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n

He also railed against countries recognising a Palestinian state this week \u2014 including Britain, France and Canada \u2014 calling it a\u00a0\u201creward for Hamas terrorists \u2026 a reward for their horrible atrocities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump turned his 15-minute speaking slot at the UN General Assembly into an hour-long lecture for the 193 member delegations about the \u201cruin\u201d he said was being caused by politically correct policies, urging them instead to learn from his America First approach.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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