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Trump on aid to Ukrainians: I give them nothing, while NATO countries buy US weapons at full price
Olha Hlushchenko — 9 December, 00:58
Donald Trump. Photo: Facebook
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US President Donald Trump has boasted that during his presidency, not only is the United States not spending money supporting Ukraine against Russia but is profiting from it, while reiterating that he wants the killings to stop.
Source: Trump during a roundtable with representatives of US agribusiness in response to journalists' questions, quoted by Ukrinform
Quote: "Joe Biden gave them [Ukrainians] US$350 billion. And I gave them nothing. Well, I did give them Javelins at the beginning and knocked out a hell of a lot of attacks, and Obama gave sheets."
Details: Trump believes that the situation now is "great", but there is one problem: "You got a lot of people dying and I want to see that stop."
He again claimed that 27,000 soldiers were killed in Ukraine over the past month – "mostly Ukrainian soldiers and Russian soldiers".
Meanwhile, Trump noted that the US sells its weapons to NATO countries "at full price" and NATO passes them on to Ukraine.
Quote: "I guess they could give it to others too, but for the most part give it to Ukraine and they're working with Ukraine in terms of distribution of equipment, missiles, etc. But we aren't spending money. What we are doing is spending time on a humane basis."
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