US aid to Ukraine could be cut off after Volodymyr Zelensky’s disastrous meeting at the Oval Office, which ended with the Ukraine President being ejected from the White House.
According to The Washington Post, which cited a “senior administration official,” “the Trump administration is considering ending all ongoing shipments of military aid to Ukraine in response to President Volodymyr Zelensky’s remarks in the Oval Office on Friday and his perceived intransigence in the peace process.”
Billions of dollars’ worth of radars, vehicles, ammunition and missiles are currently awaiting shipment to Ukraine and would presumably be affected by the decision.
CBS News has also confirmed that the threat to cut off military aid is real. Reporter Jennifer Jacobs Tweeted, “US military aid to Ukraine could be in jeopardy.”
“US senators warned Zelenskyy as recently as this morning not to try to litigate with Trump,” Jacobs added.
“Teams were already working ahead to get to a more detailed level of agreement for Ukraine after today’s minerals deal, but the damage done in Oval Office was serious, sources told me. Trump officials who talked with the Ukrainian team after Zelenskyy left the Oval that some of his circle were dismayed by his behavior.”
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who was present in the Oval Office for Zelensky’s car-crash meeting with President Trump and Vice President Vance, has already stopped all US aid for restoring Ukraine’s power grid.
President Zelensky’s disastrous public meeting with President Trump and Vice President Vance in the Oval Office descended to a shouting match as Trump and Vance berated Zelensky for his ingratitude and disrespect, and Zelensky appear to issue veiled threats that the US might soon experience war on its own territory.
Zelensky was promptly removed from the White House. He later made an appearance on Fox News where he tried to excuse the embarrassing row and suggested he and Trump could still come to an agreement about the future of his country.
In response to the row, Elon Musk suggested DOGE should audit the hundreds of billions of dollars of US aid sent to Ukraine.
In a post on X, Musk wrote, “Time to find out what really happened to the hundreds of billions of dollars sent to Ukraine…”
At time of writing, the post had nearly 35 million views, 329,000 likes and 57,000 retweets.
Reaction to the Tweet was enthusiastic, with users urging Musk to reveal exactly how the money was spent.
Laura Loomer posted: “It was laundered and a lot of it was used to fund NEO NAZIS in the Azov Battallion. We funded Nazis.”
“Wow,” Musk replied, in typical laconic fashion.
“I have a feeling people are going to end up in jail over this!” Tweeted another user.