Trump Pauses Military Aid to Ukraine
Aid to Ukraine paused: Following his clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Donald Trump has decided to pause all military aid to Ukraine. “President Trump has been clear that he is focused on peace,” a White House official told Reuters, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well. We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution.”
NEWS: Trump admin pausing and reviewing military aid to Ukraine
WH tells FOX “President Trump has been clear that he is focused on peace. We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well. We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a… https://t.co/QYKb31oHfh
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) March 4, 2025
“The official said the decision could be reversed if Zelensky demonstrates a good-faith effort to participate in peace talks,” per The Washington Post. “Ukrainian officials have bristled that the Trump administration did not seek early buy-in on negotiations and were surprised by the decision to exclude them from last month’s meeting between U.S. and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia.”
This ain’t it: A lot of the MAGA right is now acting like Zelenskyy is more villainous than he is in reality; I don’t believe he wants a “never-ending graft meat grinder” so much as he wants to defend Ukraine’s sovereignty and not be forced to redraw his country’s borders every decade.
A much more defensible critique—lobbed his way by J.D. Vance in that now-infamous Oval Office meeting—is that Zelenskyy has a manpower problem, and his forcible conscription of military-aged men is wrong; that he has suspended certain press freedoms and ought to hold elections even during wartime; that he is fighting a losing battle at great cost to his people and that negotiating a deal that cedes some amount of territory is the best move he has available to him. It shouldn’t be hard to engage in measured critiques, or to lob some criticism Europe’s way, vs. impugning his motives.
Zelensky wants a forever war, a never-ending graft meat grinder. This is evil. https://t.co/FVaEkIm7Gq
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 3, 2025
One of the influencers to whom the Epstein binders were given chimed in with this:
Zelensky knows if the war ends, his power ends
Elections will resume and he’ll lose
Then his adversary will investigate his money laundering and he’ll be sent to prison
Zelensky is sending innocent Ukrainians to die in his meat grinder so he can stay in power
Dictator https://t.co/TU6s1gjr6f
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) March 3, 2025
“True,” added Musk, quote-tweeting Draino. “As distasteful as it is, Zelensky should be offered some kind of amnesty in a neutral country in exchange for a peaceful transition back to democracy in Ukraine.” As I said: There are lots of critiques of Zelenskyy that can reasonably be offered. This is something else entirely.
Still, for U.S. taxpayers who no longer want their money to be funding Ukraine, this pause—a drastic step toward reevaluating American support of Ukrainian defense—is surely welcome. But the souring of relations, without clear assurances that Europe will step up their support for Ukraine, makes Zel
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