President-elect Donald Trump signaled in an interview over the weekend that Ukraine should prepare itself for the possibility that it will receive less aid after he takes office and that NATO needs to be prepared to step up its spending or else risk the U.S. leaving the alliance.
Trump made the remarks during a Sunday interview with NBC News’ Kristen Welker on “Meet The Press” when asked about foreign policy.
When asked if Ukraine should be prepared to receive less U.S. assistance, Trump responded: “Yeah. Probably. Sure.”
“We’re in for $350 billion. And Europe is in for $100 billion. Why isn’t Europe in for the same as us?” he asked. “The one thing that should happen is that Europe should come in for — they should equalize. And, you know, Biden, all he had to do, like I did with NATO, I said, ‘You’ve got to pay your bills.’ They weren’t paying their…
