US President Donald Trump, during a speech at the CPAC conference, said that in the case of the end of the war in Ukraine, he talks to Vladimir Putin and Wołodylyski Zelnski. “We want Ukraine to give us something for all the money we put on it,” he said. He also assessed that the actions of his predecessor Joe Biden in this respect were “stupid”.
The US President spoke at the National Harbor (Maryland Stan) near Washington, where the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the largest political event of the American right, talked, spoke about War in Ukraine.
– I think it will end. It's a terrible thing, you can't look at it. We talk to President Zelanski, talk to President Putin – he said to the gathered.
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Trump: We'll recover our money
Speaking of financial assistance UkraineTrump said that “Europe gives $ 100 billion, a United States They gave $ 350 billion. ” – Because we had a stupid, incompetent president and his administration.” – But it's even worse because Europe gave loans. They will recover this money and we don't – he continued.
– We'll recover our money. (…). I want them to give us something for all the money we put in, I will try to end the war and put an end to this death. We apply for rare lands and crude oil, everything we can get. But we feel so stupid. This applies to Europe. It doesn't really apply to us – said the US president.
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Trump said that his predecessor's actions in this matter were “stupid” because – as he said – Joe Biden He should request a refund from Ukraine. The president expressed the hope that Ukraine would soon sign a contract that gives the US shares in revenues from its natural resources.
Trump's accusations against Zelanski
In his recent statements, Trump has already exchanged $ 350 billion several times that the US was to spend on helping Ukraine. This also served him to attack the president of this country by Volodymyr Zelanski.
– It seems to me that Zełenski said last week that he did not know where there is half of the money we gave him. Well, we gave them $ 350 billion, let's say it's less, but it's still a lot – said Trump at a press conference on February 18.
As he noted in his analysis of Zasta24, this is another misleading statement, reproducing the transmission of pro -regaganda. On the sentence of the President of Ukraine from the interview for the Associated Press, the news of the Ukrainian President for the Associated Press was quickly built, that Zelanski confused the money transferred by the US to help the fighting Ukraine. Meanwhile, in an interview with AP, the president himself pointed out that he received information that Ukraine received $ 177 or $ 200 billion from the USA – but he does not confirm it. Because only knows that Ukraine has received “a weapon worth about 70 billion”. Saying: “I don't know where this money has gone,” Zelanski referred to the commonly widespread large amount of support, which he cannot confirm.
Responding to the Trump conference of February 18, the President of Ukraine confirmed on February 19 that his country had received the supply of weapons worth $ 67 billion from the USA, and support for Kiev's budget amounted to $ 31 billion. The same amounts were given by the Ukrainian Center for Counteracting Disinformation.
CPAC conference
Prominent guests at the conference ended on Saturday were two bosses of right -wing militias who organized violence at the Capitol, leader of Proud Boys Enrique Tarrio and the leader of the Oath Kepers Stewart Rhodes, sentenced to 22 and 18 years in prison, respectively. Donald Trump He pardoned them on the first day of office. Trump also repeated his announcements of the imposition of mutual duties on countries calculating taxes on products from the USA, as well as to foreign cars, medicines and semiconductors. The president's speech ended a three -day conference, the largest political event of conservatives in the USA. In previous days, from the stage at the National Harbor, Maryland, among others Vice President JD Vance and president's advisor Elon Muskand also former prime minister Mateusz Morawieckiprime minister Slovakia Robert Fico. The conference also presented an Iranian-Russian Shaad drone shot down over Ukraine, in which the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs enabled the US Radosław Sikorski.
Source of the main photo: Samuel Corum/PAP/EPA