Europe must pay about 350 billion dollars for the armaments that the United States has provided to Ukraine during the administration of President Joe Biden, believes current President Donald Trump, reports Clash Report.
In a statement from Andrews base, he emphasized that the Biden administration did not even ask European nations to pay for the supplied weaponry, even though, according to him, they "should have paid."
"All we had to do is say to the Europeans: 'Take our military, just pay us, just pay us'. Nobody asked. I asked: 'Why didn't you pay?' 'Nobody asked us to, sir'. I was with European leaders over the weekend. I told them: 'You know, we gave you 350, think about it – 350 billion dollars for planes, all kinds of weapons and more'," stated Trump.
The American president expressed his opinion that in the event of a final agreement, "everything will be fine" and it will not come to using additional leverage against Iran.
"Remember, if we take that action, suddenly oil won't be moving as quickly through the strait, because people who own ships worth billions of dollars don't like missiles flying over them, they also don't like mines in the water. Right now, something incredible is happening because we have the strongest economy we have ever had. 19.2 trillion dollars are coming into our country," added Trump.
Earlier, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, announced that he had received a positive signal from all G-7 countries, as well as from Donald Trump, regarding the strengthening of Ukraine's air defense. According to him, the United States has responded positively for the first time to the idea of licensed production of Ukrainian missiles.