**Pentagon Cleared Giving Ukraine Long-Range Tomahawk Missiles, Leaving Final Decision to Trump**
*By Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen | CNN | October 31, 2025*
The Pentagon has given the White House the green light to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles after assessing that it would not negatively impact U.S. stockpiles. The final political decision now rests with President Donald Trump, according to three U.S. and European officials familiar with the matter.
This assessment has buoyed U.S. European allies, who believe that the United States now has fewer reasons to withhold the missiles, according to two European officials.
Just days before meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump stated that the U.S. has “a lot of Tomahawks” that it could potentially supply to Ukraine. However, U.S. and European officials were surprised when Trump dramatically changed his stance days later. During opening remarks at a White House working lunch with Zelensky, Trump said the U.S. “needs” the Tomahawks. Later, behind closed doors, he told Zelensky that the U.S. would not be providing the missiles — at least, not yet.
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### Public Reactions
**McGruff**
“Yeah, let’s violate nuclear arms treaties by sending nuclear-capable missiles to a non-NATO country run by a man who hasn’t legitimately been in office since 2024.”
**T. B. Yoits**
“‘…leaving the final political decision in President Donald Trump’s hands.’ So generous of them. This story is not true, crap.”
**odawg**
“Don’t do it, Donald!”
**GingisK**
“This is not what I voted for. Continuing and helping the globalists conduct Biden’s proxy war is just not okay. I do not care about EU or Ukraine or Russia. I just care about the struggling U.S.”
**dforest**
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