Overview
- President Trump met separately with Volodymyr Zelensky and Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday in talks the administration called "positive and productive" to shore up ties and policy coordination.
- Zelensky said he discussed U.S. licenses to produce Patriot interceptor missiles and proposed deeper co‑production and drone partnerships, and U.S. teams will now work on technical details.
- Netanyahu left the meeting with public assurances of alignment on Iran and support for whatever approach Trump chooses while private tensions over how forcefully to press Tehran remain.
- Hours after the visits, CENTCOM reported Iran launched ballistic missiles toward a U.S. base in Jordan that were intercepted, and U.S. forces with Saudi support conducted strikes in Iraq against Iran‑linked militias.
- The Pentagon has moved to expand interceptor stocks with a large Lockheed Martin contract to boost Patriot output, a step that links the diplomacy in Washington to an industrial race to replenish depleted defenses.