President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are on the cusp of striking a “mega deal” that would send battle-tested Ukrainian drones to the United States in exchange for Kyiv receiving another batch of weapons from Washington, the New York Post reported on Thursday.

Zelensky revealed the potential deal in a discussion with the Post, saying, “The people of America need this [drone] technology, and you need to have it in your arsenal.” If a deal is struck, Ukraine also promised to share information with the United States on what it has learned about modern warfare during the conflict with Russia, according to Zelensky.

“I think this is really a mega deal, a win-win, as they say,” he said.

The White House did not respond to The Daily Wire’s request to comment.

Throughout the war, Ukraine’s drone fleet has proved to be vital in defending the country from Russia’s aerial assaults. Kyiv’s drones have also been used to launch attacks on Russia. Last month, Ukraine smuggled 117 drones into Russia, which were used for a massive assault on Russian air bases, taking out 41 Russian aircraft, including roughly one-third of Russia’s strategic cruise missile carriers, The Daily Wire previously reported.

The United States military has fallen behind its adversaries, including Russia and China, in producing drones and training troops to use them in battle, according to a report earlier this week from The New York Times. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth acknowledged that the United States must catch up on drone warfare technology and moved last week to rescind “restrictive policies” and “red tape” getting in the way “of American manufacturing and warfighter ingenuity.”

“So while our adversaries have produced millions of cheap drones before us, we were mired in bureaucratic red tape. Not anymore,” Hegseth said in a video filmed alongside U.S. military members outside the Pentagon.

“In June, President Trump issued an executive order unleashing American drone dominance to bolster our drone industry and arm our warfighters because that’s what we’re all about,” he added.

Hegseth said that the move includes bolstering “the nascent U.S. drone manufacturing base by approving hundreds of American products for purchase by our military.”

Unleashing U.S. Military Drone Dominance @DOGE pic.twitter.com/esaQtswwDb

— Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (@SecDef) July 11, 2025

Trump’s relationship with Zelensky has grown warmer in recent weeks after the Ukrainian president was blasted in the Oval Office in February for his continued requests for American assistance. Earlier this month, Trump vowed to send Ukraine more defensive weapons as Moscow ratchets up attacks on Ukrainian cities.

“They are getting hit very hard. … We’re gonna have to send more weapons,” Trump said, adding, “I’m disappointed, frankly, that President Putin hasn’t stopped.”

The Justice Department on Wednesday fired the lawyer who prosecuted the 2019 sex trafficking trial against Jeffrey Epstein amid controversy over the Trump administration’s refusal to release files related to the case.

Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director and Trump opponent James Comey, was fired from her position at the Justice Department’s office in Manhattan, according to multiple reports. Comey prosecuted Epstein during the first Trump administration before he was found dead in his jail cell.

No official reason was given for the firing, but The New York Times reported a letter sent to Comey from the Justice Department cited the president’s executive powers. Comey was reportedly against releasing files associated with the case, arguing the disclosure could interfere with the case of Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. Comey later worked on the prosecution of Maxwell, who was convicted in December 2021 on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges. 

In July 2019, Comey and the DOJ alleged that Epstein “worked with several employees and associates” to sexually abuse dozens of underage girls from 2002 to 2005. 

“In creating and maintaining this network of minor victims in multiple states to abuse and exploit sexually, EPSTEIN worked with others, including employees and associates who facilitated his conduct by, among other things, contacting victims and scheduling their sexual encounters with EPSTEIN at the New York Residence and at the Palm Beach Residence,” the Justice Department said at the time. 

That case never went to trial after Epstein died in his Manhattan jail cell in August 2019. His death was officially ruled a suicide.

Her termination comes as the Trump administration has faced heavy scrutiny after a memo from the Justice Department said that it did not find evidence that Epstein had a client list or that powerful co-conspirators were involved in his child sex crimes. The DOJ also maintained that Epstein killed himself. 

Trump said Wednesday that he didn’t understand why people were upset and lashed out at his “past supporters,” claiming that they are going along with “the Jeffrey Epstein hoax” pushed by Democrats and “have bought into this bulls*** hook, line, and sinker.” 

“I don’t understand it, why they would be so interested, he’s been dead for a long time,” Trump replied. “He was never a big factor in terms of life. I don’t understand what the interest or what the fascination is, I really don’t. The credible information has been given.”

He also likened the questions about the case to the Russian collusion hoax.

“Don’t forget, we went through years of the Mueller witch hunt and all of the different things, the Steele dossier, which was all fake. All that information was fake,” he added. “I don’t understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It’s pretty boring stuff. It’s sordid, but it’s boring, and I don’t understand why it keeps going. I think really only pretty bad people, including fake news, want to keep something like that going.”

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