Trump says Europeans should repay U.S. aid to Ukraine

Donald Trump says Europe should pay back the United States for hundreds of billions of dollars in assistance provided to Ukraine and NATO during Joe Biden’s presidency.

“Hundreds of billions of dollars were given to Ukraine and NATO, for free, which Europe would have paid for if only it had been asked. But we will ask for this money, even though it is rather late!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. He did not identify which European countries he expects to pay.

Trump has repeatedly called for European governments to take on a larger share of the cost of Western support for Ukraine in its war with Russia, which began more than four years ago.

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Hundreds of billions of dollars were given to Ukraine and NATO, for free, which Europe would have paid for if only it had been asked. But we will ask for this money, even though it is rather late!

In the same post, Trump rejected reports that the U.S. military was running out of ammunition in its war against Iran. “We have almost unlimited quantities of medium- to high-quality ammunition,” he wrote, adding that supplies were being produced in “quantities never seen before.”

Trump said the United States was rebuilding its stockpiles and preparing for unforeseen circumstances. He added that Washington had temporarily stopped selling weapons abroad.

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We have almost unlimited quantities of medium- to high-quality ammunition.