Trump: Why should we donate $ 40 billion to Ukraine?
Criticizing the Biden administration’s efforts to provide $ 40 billion in aid to Ukraine, the former US president claimed that he was able to force European countries to pay their share to NATO, and that Biden should do the same.
In a statement, former US President Donald Trump criticized US efforts to provide more than $ 40 billion in aid to Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s special military operation, and called on Europe to do more to address its regional concerns.
“Why are we giving more than $ 40 billion to Ukraine when Europe, in comparison, is helping so little, and obviously they are much more affected by Russian aggression than the United States,” Trump said in a statement Thursday, according to Business Standard. .
Trump claimed that he was able to force European countries to pay their dues to NATO, and that the Biden administration should do the same. He went on to say that China and others are making a lot of money, given the billions of dollars that the United States has sent to Ukraine since February.
According to the report, if the $ 40 billion bailout bill for Ukraine is approved by the Senate next week, the United States will authorize a total of $ 60 billion in Ukraine in recent years. US Senator Rand Paul said on Thursday that the top five countries in the world spend more than $ 60 billion on military spending, which is roughly equal to Russia’s spending. He added that the United States should borrow the money from China to give it to Ukraine.
Paul went on to say that a total of $ 60 billion was more than the cost of cancer research, or more than the gas tax, and more than the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Energy’s budget.
The US House of Representatives approved a package of about $ 40 billion in aid to Ukraine and referred it to the US Senate, US media reported on Tuesday morning. With the approval of the bill in the US House of Representatives, the bill has now been referred to the US Senate to be submitted to the White House for signature by the President of the United States after its approval.
