US to seek back payment from Europe for Ukraine aid, Trump says
Trump said Europe should reimburse the United States for Ukraine weapons support and said sales to allies will soon resume after stockpile concerns.
- President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he would demand European nations reimburse the United States for military aid previously sent to Ukraine, while signaling a halt in munitions sales to Allies.
- Last year, the United States and NATO developed the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List, an initiative where European nations funded United States weapons shipments to Ukraine to streamline military support.
- Trump wrote that "Hundreds of Billions of Dollars was given to Ukraine and NATO" free of charge, adding the United States is now retaining munitions for its own needs rather than selling to Allies.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attributed rising oil and gas prices to global energy shocks from the Iran conflict and Kyiv's recent strikes against Russian energy targets and refined products.
- Oil prices hit six-week highs amid regional tensions in the Middle East and the Strait of Hormuz, while Army missile stockpiles depleted during the Iran war raise concerns about military readiness.
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Biden's administration allegedly handed over a lot of ammunition to Kiev free of charge, claimed by the American leader.
Trump wants Europe to retroactively pay U.S. for past Ukraine aid
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would ask European nations to pay back the United States for military aid and munitions previously sent to Ukraine amid the ongoing war with Russia and appeared to signal a halt in sales to allied nations.
He ranted in a post that was irrelevant even by his own standards. In one sentence, he wrote that they had an almost infinite supply of war material, and in another, that production and stockpiling were in full swing.
The US president wants Europe to repay US aid to Ukraine under Joe Biden, while denying that the war against Iran has severely exhausted US missile stocks.
Trump will demand that Europe pay for weapons transferred to Ukraine under Biden Trump said the United States will ask Europe to return funds for weapons and ammunition transferred <p>to Ukraine. He also reported building up production.</p>
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, announces a possible major change in the financial relationship between Washington and the European states supporting Ukraine. The American leader says he will ask Europeans to reimburse the cost of weapons and ammunition provided to Kiev free of charge by the Joe Biden administration.
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