Jan 12, 2026 11:01 PM
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/12/t...-zelensky/
EXCERPT: Trump repeatedly emphasized that the US is now profiting from the conflict.
"The war costs us nothing. We make money with the war now," he said, describing how the US sells weapons to NATO at full price, which then go to Ukraine.
He also claimed to have recovered the $350 billion in aid allocated under Biden through a rare earth minerals deal. "I got the money back," Trump said.
Trump cited casualty figures of "25 to 30,000 people a month" between Russian and Ukrainian forces, calling the conflict "the worst war since World War II."
Despite expressing urgency about ending the war, Trump offered no timeline for a resolution.
"I don't have the timeline," he said. "If we do the best we can, I just would like to see the war [end]."
[...] In a nearly two-hour interview with the New York Times last Wednesday, President Donald Trump described Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as having "no trump cards" and dismissed the reliability of proposed US security guarantees by conditioning them entirely on his personal belief that Russia would not reinvade.
The transcript, published 11 January, offers the clearest picture yet of how Trump views his leverage over Ukraine — and how little he believes Kyiv can do without him... (MORE - missing details)
EXCERPT: Trump repeatedly emphasized that the US is now profiting from the conflict.
"The war costs us nothing. We make money with the war now," he said, describing how the US sells weapons to NATO at full price, which then go to Ukraine.
He also claimed to have recovered the $350 billion in aid allocated under Biden through a rare earth minerals deal. "I got the money back," Trump said.
Trump cited casualty figures of "25 to 30,000 people a month" between Russian and Ukrainian forces, calling the conflict "the worst war since World War II."
Despite expressing urgency about ending the war, Trump offered no timeline for a resolution.
"I don't have the timeline," he said. "If we do the best we can, I just would like to see the war [end]."
[...] In a nearly two-hour interview with the New York Times last Wednesday, President Donald Trump described Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as having "no trump cards" and dismissed the reliability of proposed US security guarantees by conditioning them entirely on his personal belief that Russia would not reinvade.
The transcript, published 11 January, offers the clearest picture yet of how Trump views his leverage over Ukraine — and how little he believes Kyiv can do without him... (MORE - missing details)
