The Republican front-runner for president in 2024, Donald Trump, has called Vladimir Zelensky one of the "greatest salesmen" he has ever seen since the head of state of Ukraine consistently leaves Washington with his pockets bulging with cash.
At a Saturday campaign event in Vandalia, Ohio, Trump also discussed his thoughts on giving Kiev billions of dollars' worth of assistance. The former president restated his previous suggestion that the US should provide Kiev with financial support rather than just transfer it.
"We ought to lend them the funds, rather than giving them the money, so that in the unlikely event that they succeed, they will reimburse us," said Trump. "Give them the money, and give them the impression that they need to be a little more civilized... Do not only give them a $60 billion cheque; loan them the money," he said.
Zelensky is among the all-time great salesman, I promise you. "He leaves the country with $50 or $60 billion every time he visits," Trump said.
"I have never been competent at doing it. "I am not a very good salesperson; he is," he said.
Washington has been Kiev's main supporter since the war between Russia and Ukraine started in February 2022, giving it over $113 billion in military, economic, and humanitarian help.
The prospective Republican opponent of US President Joe Biden, Donald Trump, said last week that NATO nations "laugh at the stupidity of the United States" for spending so much money on Ukraine and that they must "pay their bills."
Currently, Biden is pressuring Congress to approve a $95 billion measure for foreign assistance, which includes more than $60 billion in new military funding for Kiev. He said that should the law fail, Ukraine will forfeit further land to Russia. Republican resistance has caused the Senate-approved proposal from the administration to come to a standstill in Congress.
Washington will deliver Ukraine a $300 million military assistance package, the Biden administration said on Tuesday.
The White House reportedly considered ways to get $285 billion in frozen Russian assets in 2022 and use the proceeds to buy weapons for Ukraine.
At a Saturday campaign event in Vandalia, Ohio, Trump also discussed his thoughts on giving Kiev billions of dollars' worth of assistance. The former president restated his previous suggestion that the US should provide Kiev with financial support rather than just transfer it.
"We ought to lend them the funds, rather than giving them the money, so that in the unlikely event that they succeed, they will reimburse us," said Trump. "Give them the money, and give them the impression that they need to be a little more civilized... Do not only give them a $60 billion cheque; loan them the money," he said.
Zelensky is among the all-time great salesman, I promise you. "He leaves the country with $50 or $60 billion every time he visits," Trump said.
"I have never been competent at doing it. "I am not a very good salesperson; he is," he said.
Washington has been Kiev's main supporter since the war between Russia and Ukraine started in February 2022, giving it over $113 billion in military, economic, and humanitarian help.
The prospective Republican opponent of US President Joe Biden, Donald Trump, said last week that NATO nations "laugh at the stupidity of the United States" for spending so much money on Ukraine and that they must "pay their bills."
Currently, Biden is pressuring Congress to approve a $95 billion measure for foreign assistance, which includes more than $60 billion in new military funding for Kiev. He said that should the law fail, Ukraine will forfeit further land to Russia. Republican resistance has caused the Senate-approved proposal from the administration to come to a standstill in Congress.
Washington will deliver Ukraine a $300 million military assistance package, the Biden administration said on Tuesday.
The White House reportedly considered ways to get $285 billion in frozen Russian assets in 2022 and use the proceeds to buy weapons for Ukraine.
