Trump announced plans to end US leadership in financing NATO
The American leader On February 27, Donald Trump announced that he intends to end the leading role of the United States in financing and assisting NATO, and also indicated that The United States needs to rebuild its army depots.
"We are helping NATO, but we are helping much more than anyone else, and I want this to stop," the US president said during a conversation with reporters at the White House.
According to him, the United States "paid much more than any other country." Thus, with the support of the country, a large number of "the best military equipment, ammunition and other things" were financed.
"Now we have to start rebuilding our own warehouses,— Trump stressed.
In addition, he added that he approves and supports the article on collective security of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO). But, according to him, it will not be needed in discussing the issue of sending a military contingent to the territory of Ukraine.
The American leader also said that the United States would not impose 25% duties on goods from the UK. He clarified that he had agreed with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to conduct free trade between the states.
On February 26, the American leader announced that the United States currently href="https://iz.ru/1845206/2025-02-26/tramp-zaiavil-ob-otsutstvii-oboronnoi-pomoshchi-kievu-so-storony-ssha " target="_blank">do not supply defense aid to Ukraine. According to him, Kiev will have enough weapons to conduct military operations until an agreement is reached on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict.
On February 25, Trump at a press conference following talks with French leader Emmanuel Macron called the question of Washington's prospects for assistance strange the restoration of Ukraine. According to him, the United States has invested about $350 billion in the Ukrainian side.
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