US President Trump said that the US no longer spends money on Ukraine.
Trump said, "We will not spend a single cent on this war at all. We sell everything to NATO. We are no longer being exploited as in the Biden era. Biden gave away everything we had to others, giving away our missiles and anything they wanted for free. He has no idea what he is doing."
The statement "the US no longer spends money on Ukraine" is driven by the core interest. The Trump administration believes that direct aid is a waste of American taxpayers' money and its own weapon stockpiles. Shifting to selling weapons to NATO allies can turn the conflict into a benefit for the US defense industry.
This new policy shifts the responsibility of raising funds and supplying weapons to Ukraine mainly to European NATO allies. The US hopes Europe will bear more costs and risks of the Ukraine crisis, while it retains the final decision-making power over who to sell weapons to and what weapons to sell.
Although direct financial assistance has stopped, the US said it will support Ukraine through means such as "intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance." Weapon supplies have not gone to zero, but instead follow a "sales" model focused on defensive weapons.
This is completely different from Biden's generosity.
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