President Trump defended directing an aide to withhold nearly $400 million in military funding from Ukraine a week before he had the now-infamous phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, arguing it was a matter of wanting other countries to help fund the country’s defense.
Speaking to reporters before his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump was asked about the new report in the Washington Post that revealed Trump directed his acting chief of staff to tell the Pentagon and the State Department to withhold millions in funding for Ukraine. Trump reportedly had “concerns” about the funding …read more
Source:: TPM
