DONALD Trump has paused all US military aid to Ukraine for the foreseeable future, it has been reported.
This comes just days after Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky had a huge bust up inside the Oval Office over the devastating war in eastern Europe.
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The US has now paused aid to the war-torn country until Zelensky’s government shows a commitment to peace negotiations, a senior Trump administration official told Fox News.
The official said: “This is not permanent termination of aid, it’s a pause.”
It comes just hours after the US President blasted Zelensky in a Truth Social post saying “this guy doesn’t want there to be peace”.
Trump was responding to a quote from the Ukrainian leader in which he said an end to the conflict with Russia is still “very, very far away”.
The Republican firebrand described his quotes as the “worst statement that could have been made”.
His post continued: “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 Zelensky, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the US.
“Probably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against Russia.
“What are they thinking?”
Trump’s right-hand man in the White House Elon Musk also responded to the post as he said: “Zelensky wants a forever war, a never-ending graft meat grinder.”
The Tesla chief followed it up by simply saying: “This is evil.”
Trump’s ongoing battle with Ukraine reached fever pitch last week when Zelensky sat down with the President and his VP JD Vance.
They held a lengthy conversation in the Oval Office before all hell broke loose as Vance and Zelensky argued before Trump berated the Ukrainian leader.
The raging US President gave his heroic counterpart a humiliating dressing down and told him to come back when he wanted peace.
A snarling Trump sparked global chaos by booting Zelensky out of the White House over the blistering row.
The pair were also meant to sign a deal for Ukraine to hand over a large chunk of its mineral wealth as payback for billions of dollars of wartime aid from the US.
Today, Trump told Zelensky to be “more appreciative” as he gave a key update on the US-Ukraine minerals deal.
He suggested further details on the agreement could come as soon as tomorrow.
Trump has already announced he has “something big” coming on Tuesday.
Further news from Washington which is set to test Kyiv‘s resolve is how the Trump administration is reportedly drawing up plans to give Russia relief from their damaging sanctions.
The White House hope by easing the economical hurdles imposed on the Kremlin it will help to strengthen international ties, a US official and another person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The White House has reportedly asked the state and treasury departments to draft up a list of sanctions that could be swiftly eased.
US officials are expected to then discuss these with fellow Russian representatives in the coming days, the sources said.
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