Ukrainian president ‘manages to leave with pockets full of cash every time he visits the US’
Donald Trump has described Volodymyr Zelensky as one of the “greatest salesmen”
he has ever known, because the Ukrainian president manages to leave
Washington with pockets full of cash every time he visits the US.
The 2024 Republican presidential frontrunner insisted that the White
House should stop giving cash to Ukraine and start lending it instead.
RT
reports: During a campaign rally in Vandalia, Ohio on Saturday, Trump
also shared his views about providing billions of dollars in support to
Kiev. The former president reiterated his earlier idea that the US
should lend money to Kiev instead of simply handing it over.
“We should loan them the money, not send them the money, so that
if they do make it – they are against tremendous odds – they pay us
back,” Trump said. “Loan them the money, let them be a little
bit like they have to be a little nice… Loan them the money, don’t just
hand them a check for $60 billion,” he exclaimed.
“I tell you, Zelensky is one of the greatest salesmen in history.
Every time he comes to the country, he walks away with $50 or $60
billion,” Trump said.
“I’ve never been able to do that. He’s a much better salesman than me,” he added.
Since the beginning of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine in
February 2022, Washington has been Kiev’s primary backer, having
provided it with around $113 billion in military, economic, and
humanitarian aid.
Trump, US President Joe Biden’s presumptive Republican challenger in
this November’s election – said last week that NATO countries “laugh at the stupidity of the United States” for spending so much money on Ukraine, and must “pay their bills.”
Biden is currently pushing Congress to pass a $95 billion foreign aid
bill that includes more than $60 billion worth of additional military
aid for Kiev. He has claimed that Ukraine would lose more territory to
Russia if the bill is not approved. The administration’s request – which
was greenlit by the Senate – has stalled in Congress because of
Republican opposition.
On Tuesday, the Biden administration said that Washington would send a new military aid package to Ukraine worth $300 million.
(Article by Niamh Harris republished from ThePeoplesVoice.tv)
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