Trump says US has stopped bankrolling Ukraine
Posted: 28th August 2025
Washington is now profiting from selling weapons to Kiev, the president has said
The US is no longer directly funding Ukraine and will instead be profiting from arms sales to its European NATO partners, which in turn supply those weapons to Kiev, President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday.
Trump claimed that Washington was being “fleeced” under previous US administrations, which he said had committed $350 billion to Kiev.
“I don’t blame Ukraine… if they come and ask for a hundred billion dollars and they get it,” he remarked, calling Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky “the greatest salesman I think I’ve ever met.”
“We don’t pay any money to Ukraine anymore. Do you know that? In fact, it’s the opposite. They request through NATO. We deal with NATO. We don’t deal really with Ukraine,” Trump explained. “NATO pays us in full and does what they want.”
Trump also emphasized that Washington would play only a supporting role in providing any security guarantees for Kiev, stressing that European nations should take the lead.
https://www.rt.com/news/623521-trump-spends-money-ukraine/
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