President Trump has reportedly paused all military aid to Ukraine. This reportedly “applies to all US military equipment bound for Ukraine that’s not currently in the country, including weapons that are in transit on aircraft and ships or waiting in Poland to be delivered.”
The Pentagon said that the pause will be “until the country’s leadership demonstrates a good faith commitment to peace.”
The ultimatum gives me pause. This should be the end of the end, not because of President Zelensky’s behavior. It should end because it is the right thing to do.
Most Americans support ending the war in Ukraine and more than half of Ukrainians want the war to end too, only you wouldn’t know it if you only listen to Zelensky. He said this to the Associated Press on Monday:
“An agreement to end the war is still very, very far away, and no one has started all these steps yet. The peace that we foresee in the future must be just, honest, and most importantly, sustainable.”
President Trump took to Truth Social to blast that statement, writing: “This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy, and America will not put up with it for much longer! It is what I was saying, this guy doesn’t want there to be Peace as long as he has America’s backing and, Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelenskyy, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the U.S. – Probably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against Russia. What are they thinking?”
Is this really the end of aid to Ukraine or is President Trump just punishing Zelensky for now? The personalities of this are a shame. Innocent people are still dying.
