United States President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he will send weapons to other NATO member countries so that they, in turn, send them to Ukraine, and will be these nations that will bear the costs of these weapons.
“Today we have reached an agreement: we will send weapons to them and they will pay them. We, the US, will not make any payment. We will not buy them, but we will make them and they will pay them,” Trump emphasized during a meeting at the White House Oval Hall with OTan Secretary-General Mark Rutte.
“[Os outros membros da Otan] have a very firm opinion about it, and so do we, but a lot of money awaits us and simply don’t want to do [pela Ucrânia]and we can’t, but we manufacture the best and send it to NATO, ”he said.
Trump’s announcement was made at the same meeting that he said he will apply 100% rates on Russian imported products and secondary to nations that buy from dictator Vladimir Putin if an agreement is not reached to interrupt the war with Ukraine within 50 days.
The US president made it clear that the measures are a reaction to the lack of Russian response to the United States attempts to intermediate a ceasefire.
“I felt we had an agreement [com Moscou] about four times, ”said Trump.“ But [a guerra] It simply continued. ”
According to CNN information, the plan announced by Trump on Monday had been discussed since the Republican won the presidential election in the United States in November last year.
Trump also explained that he will talk “about the whole matter of the patriots [sistema de defesa antiaérea]with Norway’s involvement, ”and said the deal” includes missiles and ammunition, “implying that they could be offensive weapons.
The US President stressed that one of NATO member countries has 17 Patriot Batteries he does not need, and will be negotiated “an agreement for the 17, or most of them to be destined” to the war zone.
