I’m a Ukrainian American. Trump is lying about Ukraine aid.

The USA is doing its part to support Ukraine. But Europe is doing even more. Both are thanks to Joe Biden.

Former president and convicted felon Donald Trump claimed during the presidential debate that Europe isn’t doing its part to support Ukraine. That’s a lie. The Kiel Institute’s Ukraine Support Tracker offers a meticulously compiled comparison of allocations and commitments to Ukraine made as of April 30, 2024.

Here are the facts: European governments, with a 177.8B euro (about $190.6B) investment, are spending 44 percent more than the United States’ total of 98.7B euro (about $105.8B).

Even if you add in all of the $61B (about 57B euro) in Ukraine aid recently promised by Congress and zero of what European nations have promised since May 1, Europe is still out-pulling the United States. 

And, as President Biden stated, our aid to Ukraine comes in the form of weapons sitting in American military stockpiles. 90 percent of what we are spending is to replace those aging weapons with new armaments made by American companies employing American workers. Does Donald Trump hate American jobs?

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