Posted on 03/03/2025 3:21:43 PM PST by marcusmaximus
President Trump said Monday a proposed economic deal between the U.S. and Ukraine was still on the table, but he argued Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky needed to be more “appreciative” of U.S. support.
Trump took questions from reporters on the heels of a confrontational meeting with Zelensky late last week after which Trump called off peace talks and an agreement for the U.S. to invest in Ukraine’s critical mineral supply went unsigned.
Asked if the deal was dead, Trump said, “I don’t think so.” “It’s a great deal for us, because you know Biden very, very foolishly, stupidly, frankly, gave $300 billion … to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing.”
Asked what Zelensky needed to do to restart negotiations, Trump said the Ukrainian leader needed to express more gratitude for U.S. assistance. “I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin,” Trump said. “We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us because as you know that’s right there.”
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Trump told reporters he had not yet discussed whether the U.S. would suspend continued aid for Ukraine in its war against Russia.
Trump earlier in the day took issue with Zelensky saying the end of Ukraine’s war with Russia “is still very, very far away.” Moscow invaded Ukraine without provocation more than three years ago.
“He better not be right about that,” Trump said.
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He’s going to want everything in the original deal PLUS more.
Art of the Deal.
I don't have to. I'm surrounded with them. So I outdo them at their own game.
Then I hold them accountable for the environmental catastrophes they are perpetrating.
It's a wheat field, not a mine.
You’ll learn a lot on that site.
Then there are the two others.
It’s worth the time.
CO
My guess is that we’ll get our money back...and fast...and get out. I really don’t think we need to deal with that irresponsible country.
I agree. I want nothing to do with that place.
Susie has Two Mommies is highbrow Columbia now.
Do you really think Donald Trump, our beloved POTUS, doesn’t know?
If I know, DJT knows. Maybe a million times more.
Yep. Z is a complete POS. And now we ALL know that he is a complete POS.
VERY MISLEADING to post this article that was posted on The Hill FOUR hours before The Hill posted the article that Trump pulled the plug.
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