On Monday President Donald Trump announced that he has cut Ukraine off from U.S. money. Previously, Washington directly funded Ukraine, but now it will be up to European nations and NATO to bankroll Kiev. Notably, NATO is set to hand Ukraine another $50 billion by the end of the year despite widespread proof of rampant money laundering.
“I don’t blame Ukraine… if they come and ask for a hundred billion dollars and they get it,” Trump said, going on to describe Ukraine’s Dictator Vladimir Zelensky as “the greatest salesman I think I’ve ever met.”
With funds now stemming from NATO (to which the U.S. is a member state), Washington will still be a source of some of Ukraine’s aid money, but not directly, as was the case previously.
“We don’t pay any money to Ukraine anymore. Do you know that? In fact, it’s the opposite. They request through NATO. We deal with NATO. We don’t deal really with Ukraine. NATO pays us in full and does what they want,” the President said.