As U.S. President D onald Trump welcomed Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House for high-stakes talks on Friday, the main question remained whether the U.S. will supply Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles.

Doing so would give Ukraine the ability to strike deep inside Russia for the first time, and would mark a major escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war.

As Trump began a working lunch with Zelenskyy, he was asked about the consequences of such a move. Trump acknowledged “a lot of bad things could happen” if they are deployed. “They’re an amazing weapon. Tomahawks are a big deal.”

Zelenskyy meets with Trump over lunch in the Cabinet Room at the White House. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

However, Trump also hinted that he has so far made no commitment. “Hopefully we’ll be able to get t

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