In raw numbers, the United States eclipses the amount of military aid sent by any European country.
“Why can’t Europe match or match the money invested by the United States of America to help a country that desperately needs it? » Trump denounced his Truth Social platform. “As everyone agrees, Ukraine’s survival and strength should be much more important for Europe than for us, but it is also important for us! MAKE EUROPE MOVE!
The former president’s remarks come as Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to put to a vote a bill for some $60 billion in aid to Ukraine, which has been criticized for months by the most radical members of his party.
Ukraine is struggling to resist Putin’s full-scale invasion, more than two years after it began, and faces a decisive moment. Ukrainian forces are running out of essential weapons and ammunition as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges the West to step up support.
Johnson to provide $60.8 billion in aid to Ukraine to avoid heavy battlefield losses, amid warnings that Ukrainians are losing faith in the United States after month late.
In familiar rhetoric, Trump concluded: “If I were president, this war would never have started. »
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