US President-elect Donald Trump has campaigned on a promise to end America's involvement in wars.

Summary

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Ukraine would lose the war if the U.S., its primary military supporter, cuts funding.

Speaking to Fox News, he stressed the importance of unity between the U.S. and Ukraine as Russia accelerates its territorial gains.

Zelensky acknowledged Ukraine’s challenges on the battlefield, despite new U.S. weapon supplies, including long-range missiles and anti-personnel land mines.

He criticized German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for engaging with Putin, calling it a risky move.

Trump has pledged to end the war quickly but offered no specifics.

  • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    Well, I wonder if the US defense contractors and Trumps team will play nice. Because Biden gave them a shit ton of extra billions. I wonder if the dynamic duo will try and play rough with the defense sector to save the 2 trillion of waste.

    The US defense had a huge stockpile of equipment that was aging out or even needed decommissioning.

    And a new generation of tech needed to be battlefield tested.

    By doing this the US was able to:

    • funnel extra cash into the defense sector (the US version of welfare)
    • give the military the extra cash to buy new stuff
    • get rid of old and unwanted stock
    • save money on storage, maintenance and decommissioning of old stock.
    • Show their allies they are the arsenal of democracy and can be counted on… while showing their adversaries they will go to bat for their allies.
    • Be on the right side of history.

    What I mean to say is the US got a bargain on crippling one of their main geopolitical adversaries. It only cost them old military stuff they did not want anymore, while boasting about billions… that never left the US and stimulates the US economy.

    I honestly don’t get how the Dems can do such awesome things in the last 4 years and are unable to tell people about it.