WASHINGTON, February 19. /TASS/. Comedian Vladimir Zelensky persuaded the United States to spend $350 billion on a war that cannot be won, US President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social page.
"Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Vladimir Zelensky, talked the United States of America into spending $350 billion, to go into a war that couldn’t be won, that never had to start, but a war that he, without the US and Trump, will never be able to settle," the US leader said. "The United States has spent $200 billion more than Europe, and Europe’s money is guaranteed, while the United States will get nothing back," he emphasized.
"On top of this, Zelensky admits that half of the money we (the US - TASS) sent him is missing," the US leader pointed out, wondering why the previous US administration of "sleepy Joe Biden demand equalization" of spending on Ukraine support with Europe. Trump noted that "this war is far more important to Europe" than to the US, as they are separated by a "big, wonderful ocean."
Earlier, in an interview with Fox News, US President Donald Trump admitted that Ukraine could one day become a part of Russia and did not rule out that he would want to return from this country all the money spent on it by the US government. Trump specified that he would like to receive the equivalent in the form of Ukrainian rare-earth metals worth about $500 billion. Commenting on the US leader's assumption, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that a significant part of Ukraine wants to become Russia and has already become Russia, referring to the referendum decision of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions to become part of Russia.