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Former President Donald Trump is considering a "loan" strategy for early Ukraine assistance if he becomes president.
Trump mentioned nan projected shape of backing during his gathering pinch House Speaker Mike Johnson connected Friday.
"We’re looking astatine it correct now, and they’re talking astir it, and we’re reasoning astir making it successful nan shape of a indebtedness alternatively of conscionable a gift," he said during nan media arena astatine his Mar-a-Lago location successful Florida.
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Republican statesmanlike campaigner erstwhile President Donald Trump and Speaker of nan House Mike Johnson (R-LA) held a property convention astatine Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago property connected April 12, 2024, successful Palm Beach, Florida. They said astir "election integrity," which has been 1 of nan erstwhile president's apical issues. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
He added, "We support handing retired gifts of billions and billions of dollars, and we’ll return a look astatine it."
Trump has been highly captious of nan United States' financial support to Ukraine, claiming that money has been spent without clear betterment successful nan conflict.
It's not nan first clip Trump has floated nan indebtedness thought — he erstwhile expressed specified a format for assistance via a connection connected his propietary societal media website Truth Social.
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Ukrainian soldiers are seen successful a trench astatine their infantry position successful nan guidance of Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
In that message, nan erstwhile president insisted that nan repayment of nan indebtedness would travel pinch zero liking and would not beryllium demanded unless Ukraine "strikes it rich | sometime successful nan future."
Trump besides reiterated connected Friday a title made since nan opening of nan conflict, asserting that European countries should beryllium paying much to take sides Ukraine owed to their contiguous liking successful its beingness betwixt themselves and Russia.
"But overmuch much importantly to maine is nan truth that Europe has to measurement up, and they person to springiness money," Trump said astatine nan Mar-a-Lago event.
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Speaker Mike Johnson rolled retired an predetermination integrity package astatine a property convention pinch Trump. (Getty Images)
He added, "They person to equalize. If they don’t equalize I’m very upset astir it, because they’re affected overmuch much than we are."
The associated convention pinch Johnson was centered connected "election integrity" and served to solidify support astir nan speaker arsenic his support among immoderate GOP lawmakers has wavered.
Trump friends successful nan House person go nan astir fierce opponents to continued financial assistance for Ukraine, insisting that overseas wars person nary relevance to nan U.S. and do not warrant intervention.
Timothy Nerozzi is simply a writer for Fox News Digital. You tin travel him connected Twitter @timothynerozzi and tin email him astatine [email protected]
