The United States will supply weapons to Ukraine with NATO footing the bill, President Donald Trump announced on the heels of discussions with the leader of the 32-nation defense bloc.

Donald Trump has said he will make a “major statement” about Russia on Monday after he confirmed the United States would supply weapons to Ukraine via Nato, with the alliance covering the full cost.“I think I’ll have a major statement to make on Russia on Monday,

U.S. President Donald Trump has wrapped his participation in the annual NATO summit, a gathering far chummier than the tense meetings of his first term.

Following years of criticizing NATO as a "rip-off," President Trump now endorses the alliance as member countries agree to double their defense spending targets.

NATO allies on Wednesday rubber-stamped a commitment to spend 5 percent of GPD on defense and related investment by 2035.

Over the years, President Donald Trump has suggested that his backing for other allies under NATO’s collective security guarantee would depend on whether U.S. allies are spending enough on defense.

Trump arrived at the NATO summit in the Netherlands days after he launched strikes against Iran and hours after he announced a Israel-Iran ceasefire.

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in person for the first time since their tense February encounter and it seemed to go and Trump said the Ukranian president 'couldn't have been nicer.'

Tensions between the U.S. and its NATO allies have cooled off since most of the alliance's member states agreed to increase their defense spending from 2 percent of GDP to 5 percent by 2035, which many Trump supporters say is proof that his hard-charging negotiating tactics, even among friends, produces results.