{"id":167192,"date":"2025-03-04T10:10:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=167192"},"modified":"2025-03-04T10:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:10:58","slug":"president-trump-temporarily-suspends-military-aid-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=167192","title":{"rendered":"President Trump temporarily suspends military aid to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Delivering on what he said he would do if Ukraine refused to negotiate with the Russians, President Donald Trump temporarily suspended military aid going to Ukraine. Trump’s decision impacts over $1 billion in arms and ammunition. Not only does this temporarily halts those in the pipeline, it also temporarily stops those on order. This directive will remain in place until Trump sees good-faith commitment from Ukraine when it comes to engaging in peace negotiations with Russia.<\/p>\n

From The New York Times:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Trump’s directive, which was reported earlier by Bloomberg News, also halts deliveries of equipment from Pentagon stockpiles as aid through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which provides funds that Kyiv can use only to buy new military hardware directly from U.S. defense companies. It was unclear what exactly Mr. Zelensky would need to do for Mr. Trump to resume the military assistance.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump has increasingly aligned himself with Mr. Putin and his narrative about the war in Ukraine. He falsely claimed that it was Ukraine that started the war and has called Mr. Zelensky, who was democratically elected, a “dictator.”<\/p>\n

He has called Mr. Putin “smart” and “cunning,” but declined to call him a dictator. And Mr. Trump has spoken in recent days about how he and Mr. Putin have been bonded by going through the shared ordeal of the investigation into Moscow’s attempts to tilt the election eight years ago to Mr. Trump. American intelligence officials concluded at that time that Mr. Putin’s intelligence agencies worked actively to swing the 2016 election in Mr. Trump’s favor, a conclusion that Mr. Trump has rejected and called part of the “Russia hoax.”<\/p>\n

The tensions between Mr. Trump and Mr. Zelensky exploded into the open on Friday, when the two men were supposed to sign a deal at the White House for Ukraine to turn over rare mineral rights to repay U.S. military aid over the past three years. Instead, Mr. Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated Mr. Zelensky in front of the cameras for not being grateful enough for U.S. support.<\/p>\n

The fate of the minerals deal remained unclear.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump said on Monday that he did not think the minerals deal was dead, calling it a “great deal for us,” but that there was one thing he needed to see from Mr. Zelensky to restart negotiations.<\/p>\n

“I just think he should be more appreciative,” Mr. Trump told reporters.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, Mr. Trump seized on comments Mr. Zelensky made over the weekend when he predicted that a peace deal with Russia was “still very, very far away.”<\/p>\n

“This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy, and America will not put up with it for much longer!” Mr. Trump wrote on social media.<\/p>\n

On Monday, several members of Mr. Trump’s cabinet continued to join with allies in suggesting that Mr. Zelensky was responsible for the diplomatic breakdown, and should show remorse for the Oval Office episode.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Green, E., Schmitt, E., Sanger, D. E., Barnes, J. E. (2025, March 4). Trump suspends military aid to Ukraine after oval office blowup. The New York Times<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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