After taking office of US President Trump I signed a decree on the temporary suspension of external assistance programs for 90 days to check how much they meet its political goals. According to the decree, All further foreign assistance that America will provide must correspond to Trump's foreign policy.
As noted Associated Press, Trump for a long time was an enemy of foreign assistance, but, according to the agency, it usually makes up about 1% of the federal budget. However, this percentage does not take into account emergency circumstances, such as the provision of weapons to Ukraine for billions of dollars to strengthen defense capabilities in the war against the Russian aggressor country.
According to data As of December 12, 2024, the Pentagon allocated to Ukraine more than $ 63.5 billion to help in the field of security since the start of the ex-president Joe Biden, including approximately $ 62.9 billion from the beginning of a full-scale invasion of Russia on February 24, 2022.
February 3 Reuters wrote that The supply of weapons from the United States to Ukraine for a short time was suspended In recent days, but resumed on the weekend, as the US President Donald Trump presidential administration discussed his policy against Kyiv.
The fact that Ukraine lacks the air defense, President Vladimir Zelensky spoke repeatedly. March 11, he stated What Ukraine seeks to agree with the United States on the acquisition of weaponsin particular, the Patriot anti -aircraft missile system. “We are ready to buy the required number of Patriot missiles for our state. We are not talking about charity,” he said.
At the G7 summit in Canada on June 15-17, the President of Ukraine planned to negotiate with Trump regarding the possible acquisition of new weapons of weapons by Ukraine. However, the American president left the summit on June 16 ahead of schedule.
On June 25, Trump at a press conference in the Hague (the Netherlands), where the NATO summit was carried out, did not rule out the probability of an ammunition for American anti-aircraft missile defense systems Patriot.
