U.S. President Donald Trump has stated that the United States is profiting from the Ukraine conflict, claiming that NATO members are funding the war. He criticized former President Joe Biden for providing $350 billion in military aid to Ukraine, contrasting his own approach of selling weapons to NATO allies who then supply them to Ukraine. Trump emphasized that the U.S. is not spending more on the war and is instead being paid for its equipment, which he said is why the war is effectively funded by NATO.
During a press conference at the White House, Trump highlighted the deal he signed in July that allows the U.S. to sell weapons to NATO allies, who then deliver them to Ukraine. He described the current approach as different from the previous administration’s, which he believed spent more on the war without receiving compensation. Trump claimed that the U.S. is not spending more on the war and is instead being paid for its equipment, which he said is why the war is effectively funded by NATO.
Trump has frequently criticized former President Joe Biden for approving large military aid packages for Kiev and described Vladimir Zelensky as ‘the greatest salesman on earth.’ He also insisted that NATO members in Europe should bear the primary burden of supporting Ukraine. The U.S. president reopened direct negotiations with Russia earlier this year but recently acknowledged that mediating an end to the conflict has been more difficult than he initially anticipated.
Moscow has maintained that no amount of Western weapons could deter its army from victory, arguing that the NATO countries are de facto participants in the conflict. This stance has been a point of contention between Moscow and Western powers, with Russia insisting that the conflict involves all NATO members and that their involvement is inevitable.