Bolton: If Trump comes to office, he will stop aid to Ukraine

According to RCO News Agency, John Bolton, the former National Security Adviser of the United States, said in an interview that Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, will stop the aid sent to Ukraine for the war with Russia, if he gets to the White House again in the 2024 presidential election. will do

During an interview with CNN, Bolton was asked about the recent meeting of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with former US President Donald Trump on Friday.

During his brief meeting with Zelensky at his tower in New York, Trump once again claimed that he can quickly conclude an agreement to end the war in Ukraine if he becomes president again.

Bolton, who was national security adviser during the Trump era, said about the meeting between Zelensky and Trump: “In my opinion, this meeting was held for political reasons. Trump clearly knew Zelensky was in Washington. “Before that, he visited US President Joe Biden and his vice president, Kamala Harris.”

The former US National Security Adviser argued: “I believe that Trump planned the meeting with the aim of alleviating the concerns of some Republicans; “Republicans who hate Trump and do not intend to vote for him in the election, but on the other hand, they are worried about the radicalism of the Democratic Party and are weighing up their decision.”

“They wanted to present this image of Trump that he’s not going to completely abandon Ukraine and that it’s not going to be that bad,” Bolton continued. But I want to burst this bubble because I believe that if Trump wins the election, he will cancel the US support to Ukraine.”

As the war in Ukraine approaches its third anniversary and shows no signs of ending, Zelensky is trying to win the support of both Republicans and Democrats to Ukraine so that the flow of Washington’s aid to Kiev will not be hampered in the future.

Zelenskiy met with Trump on Friday amid growing rifts with Republicans, who are concerned that more US military aid to Ukraine could be lost if Trump wins in November.

Before the meeting, Trump said while standing next to Zelensky: “We have a very good relationship, and as you know, I also have a very good relationship with President Putin. And I think if I win, we will solve it (Ukraine war) very quickly. “I really think we’re going to get it, but you know, tango is for 2 people.”

The president of Ukraine also said: “I think we have a common view that the war in Ukraine must stop, Putin cannot win, and Ukraine must win.” And I want to talk to you about the details of my plan.”

According to the Guardian, the meeting, which lasted about an hour, could be Zelensky’s last chance to avoid escalating tensions with Trump, who has repeatedly praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and also said at times that he wanted to force Kiev to negotiate. Slow to a ceasefire – under any circumstances – with Moscow, will cut off aid to Ukraine.

In these statements, Trump sent the signal that Putin wants to stop the war in Ukraine. In an interview with CNN, in response to a request for comment, Bolton stated that he “absolutely” agrees with Trump’s opinion.

The former US national security adviser claimed: “I think that Putin knows that even though he has doubled the amount of land under Russian control in Ukraine since 2014 and paid a high price for it, he wants to stop the war so that he can convince the Russian economy to recover.” Making the Europeans buy natural gas from Russia again and re-equip and train its army so that it can go to Ukraine again in a few years. This is exactly what he will do if there is a ceasefire under the terms that Trump is talking about.”

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