The New York Post, a conservative tabloid widely regarded as President Donald Trump’s preferred newspaper, published a 4 July editorial urging the White House to restart the flow of U.S. weapons to Kyiv. The paper argued that “Putin only understands strength,” warning that halting deliveries of air-defence systems and drones punished Ukraine rather than restraining Russia. Citing what it called the war’s largest drone-and-missile barrage hours after Trump’s recent call with Vladimir Putin, the editorial said withholding munitions would embolden Moscow and signal to Beijing that U.S. alliances are unreliable. It rejected claims of domestic weapons shortages and maintained that Ukraine is paying for much of the materiel through seized Russian assets and European grants. The intervention is notable because the Post has consistently supported Trump and is closely read in the West Wing, potentially adding pressure within Republican circles to reverse the Pentagon’s pause in arms shipments. On 10 July the paper intensified its campaign with a front-page report on a Russian first-person-view drone strike that killed a one-year-old boy in Kherson. The article described the region as a “human safari zone” and cited United Nations findings that deliberate drone attacks on civilians constitute crimes against humanity, underscoring the humanitarian stakes of the debate over renewed U.S. military aid.