The Trump deal made money for both the US in its efforts to reclaim Billions already spent and also  a cut for Ukraine.
At the same time it put American businesses in Ukraine giving them cover against future military incursions and put people to work.
He knew the deal before the press conference.
He wasnt thrilled with it clearly but he was there for the sole purpose of signing and he knew it.
Then he tried to pull a fast one in front of the international press.
Simply stated he got rude about it and got thrown out.
The most telling and outrageous part IMHO is how he went directly to England and got a LOAN for a few Billion and did a press photo op and was all happy and smiles.
Seems he is perfectly willing to take MONEY under any conditions and any concerns for Ukraine's peace  stop right there.
Reports he tried on the phone to elicit more from Biden too and got lambasted on the phone only to come and get less money in public later on.
Seems its all about the cash with this guy.

ICE NUT

dano

genieman77
 
$171b is latest estimate spent.
as far as I know, it's legit 
 KTF 
 

We have Inspector Generals. Or at least we used to.
 I see where the $ disagreement is between Z's ($100B) and Trump's ($350B but actually $182B) lie in terms of $ appropriated vs $ dispersed.
It's all here in this Inspector General Report. 
https://www.ukraineoversight.gov/Funding/
 
It shows that as of December 31, 2024, $83.4B of the $182B has actually been dispursed. I'm sure more has been released since but I'm inclined to agree more with Z on that $100B 
 
 And, here's what DOD has provided as of 1/20/25
https://www.state.gov/bureau-of-political-military-affairs/releases/2025/01/u-s-security-cooperation-with-ukraine#:~:text=To%20date%2C%20we%20have%20provided,invasion%20of%20Ukraine%20in%202014.
 
 
 
 
 

So Zelinski is getting a LOAN From UK good luck getting it paid back! Me thinks loans arn't the same as 150billion givin to you and you won't even give back some rare minerals ot at least saynTHANKS. 

 
They don't plan on getting the loan money repaid. they are looking into seizing the frozen Russian assets as repayment.

In reply to some previous posters:  Agree that the facts surrounding Ukraine and Afghanistan aren't remotely similar....but that's not my point.  What I'm saying is that PUBLIC OPINION, ie., the currency of politics, will move strongly against Trump with a Ukraine collapse, at least as much as that suffered by Biden.  
 
Does Trump understand this?  I really don't have a handle on how his voters feel about continued aid to Ukraine, but, even if there's a rising tide against funding this war against Russian aggression, there's diplomatic and politically savvy ways to accomplish something, and then there's what Trump is doing.  In the end, this is Trump unfiltered, it's what we voted for, and I for one hope he gets everything precisely according to his wishes.
 
sorry for double post.

Agree however  sitting there with Zalenski spouting off in a press conference for a signing that was clearly not gonna happen he had few options