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The Patriot License Is the Tell: Trump's Ukraine Mood Swing Is Now NATO's Swing Factor
Days after NATO's Ankara summit produced a wave of arms orders, Washington added the biggest item yet: licenses letting Ukraine build its own Patriot interceptors. The catch is that the same week produced the opposite signal too — a troop drawdown and a six-month Pentagon review. The order book only holds if Trump's mood does.