Trump Says He Withheld Ukraine Aid Over Dispute With Europe

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President Donald Trump acknowledged that he ordered a halt to U.S. military aid to Ukraine, claiming he was frustrated that Europe wasn’t also contributing to the country’s fight with Russia-backed separatists.

Trump said Tuesday that he withheld the aid over a previously unknown dispute with Europe.

“My complaint has always been -- and I’d withhold again, and I’ll continue to withhold until such time as Europe and other nations contribute to Ukraine,” Trump said as he arrived at United Nations General Assembly. “Because they’re not doing it. It’s the United States. We’re putting up the bulk of the money and I’m asking why is that.”

On Monday, Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani said he couldn’t rule out the possibility that the president threatened to cut off aid to Ukraine over calls for an investigation into largely discredited allegations against Biden and his son Hunter Biden.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-23/trump-says-he-didn-t-link-ukraine-aid-to-investigation-of-bidens?srnd=premium

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Does any Eurooean country know about this?

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. Man, the lies are coming in waves.

Thus is what happens when people lie all the time. Pretty soon no one believes a word they say. Now when he needs people to believe him no one does.

Oh what tangled webs we weave. And he is all caught up in a web of his own making.