The United States is pausing military aid to Ukraine days after U.S. President Donald Trump clashed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the Oval Office, a White House official confirmed on Monday.
Summary
Trump has paused all U.S. military aid to Ukraine following a dispute with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a White House official said.
Trump claimed Zelenskiy did not show enough gratitude for U.S. support and was angered by Zelenskiy’s remarks that the war remains “very, very far away” from ending.
I remember being around 8 years old and thinking it's scary how one leader's bad mood in a conversation could lead to war and then I felt better once I eventually learned about diplomats and state department's existence some years later... I guess with the US, we're back to a child's version of diplomacy.
It got him impeached the first time he did it. But that was back when we had separation of powers. Now, Republicans have shown they are unwilling to question their dear ruler.