Former President Donald Trump said in a video posted on Twitter on Thursday that Ukraine’s offer to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is “not blocked.”
President Joe Biden said on July 9 that Ukraine was not ready to join NATO because of the war with Russia. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced on July 11 an expedited path for Ukraine to join the alliance, in which he abandoned the accession action plan. (Related article: Trump says he will directly tell Putin’s ‘honorable’ Zelensky to end war)
“We have a corrupt, compromised, perverse president named Joe Biden who is dragging us into World War 3 on behalf of a country that paid millions of dollars in outright bribes to his family – that’s what’s happening right now – we just have to find out how much China and Ukraine paid the Bidens. Posted Twitter by Team Trump account.
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“Under these circumstances, the idea of ​​considering Ukraine joining NATO at this point is absolutely unshakeable,” Trump continued. “Joe Biden can’t even climb the stairs of Air Force One, and he can’t put two sentences together.”
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, launching a massive strike across Ukraine with cruise missiles and airstrikes. The US has sent more than $113 billion in aid to Ukraine in 2022. according to Submit to the Responsible Federal Budget Board.
In January, the Biden administration said it would deliver a set of MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missiles in December, before announcing that the Pentagon would send 31 M1 Abrams main battle tanks. The Biden administration also announced on July 7 that it planned to send M864 155mm artillery, known as dual-purpose modified conventional munitions (DPICM), primarily to Ukraine, which would disperse small explosive weapons throughout the area to attack personnel and vehicles.
“The last thing this incompetent administration should do is risk war with a nuclear-armed Russia, China, or any other nation,” Trump said. “There are people who know nothing about our representatives.”
Trump has repeatedly called for an end to fighting between Ukraine and Russia, saying it is possible to end the war within 24 hours.
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