April 21, 2024
Trump allows US-Ukraine aid bill to pass
“He did not jump in there to support that minority, and they went down”.
Donald Trump made “positive” statements about Ukraine on social media posts and did not support the Republican minority working to prevent the $61bn deal for Ukraine aid from passing, says Jim Townsend, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for European and NATO Policy.
Watch the full interview from Times Radio.
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