Trump pauses aid to Ukraine after Zelensky clash

[Dulcinea]

(AFP) US President Donald Trump suspended military aid to Ukraine on Monday, a White House official said, sharply escalating pressure on Kyiv to agree to peace negotiations with Russia.

The move comes just days after a stunning public clash between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump, who is seeking a rapid end to the war.

Trump earlier on Monday had declined to rule out a pause when quizzed by reporters, but any disruption in the flow of US arms to the front line would rapidly weaken Ukraine's chance of beating back Russia's invasion.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-pauses-aid-ukraine-zelensky-012955036.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&segment_id=DY_VTO_CORE&ncid=crm_19908-1475736-20250304-0&bt_user_id=czh1DmG0gLAvdirR%2B2gHeTq1C5MlaCkB1Q5wu4Ats%2FY%2F3PqQtxdPNUL3RDSSg5Zx&bt_ts=1741091011148

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Petty. Perhaps that's why TSF and his lapdog Vance provoked a scene

with Zelensky, to "justify" the "pause" in aid that Biden approved.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Correct.n/t

[Botany]

2. Hillary was right. Krasnov is a Putin puppet.

Oct. 2016 Reuters:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton accused Republican presidential rival Donald Trump on Wednesday of being a "puppet" for Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose country has been accused by U.S. intelligence officials of meddling in the U.S. election.

Putin has been repeatedly thrust into the campaign for the Nov. 8 U.S. election. Trump has praised him as a stronger leader than U.S. President Barack Obama, drawing criticism from Clinton and some Republicans that he is too cozy with the Russian president. Trump has also refused to concede that Russia was behind the hacking of Democratic Party emails.

[kerouac2]

3. All or nothing if you confront a narcissist

He would rather burn everything down anyway, so this just gives him an excuse to hand Ukraine to his boss Putin.

[in2herbs]

4. If F47 stops this funding from being received --- or any $$ that Congress has approved for spending -- he has

violated the 1974 Impoundment Act. The question is, what are members of Congress going to do about it?

[Paladin]

5. All the intellect and diplomatic expertise...

...of a 3rd-grade elementary school bully. Hope to hell you're pleased with yourselves, dumb-fuck trump voters---thanks so much for setting this country back to colonial times...