Trump is asking for FAR too much 'payback' from war-torn Ukraine

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Trump is asking for FAR too much 'payback' from war-torn Ukraine
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Trump says Ukraine should have elections to potentially replace President Zelensky

President Trump’s demand that Ukraine sign over a huge chunk of its economy as repayment for help fending off Russia is flat-out wrong. Period.The proposition says that 50% of Ukraine ’s revenues from natural resources, ports and infrastructure to be sent to the US as reparations.than we’ve given Ukraine ; it’s a demand a victor might make of a country that started and lost a war, to teach a lesson.

Indeed, as a share of GDP it looks to be harsher than what the victorious allies imposed on Germany in the Peace of Versailles after World War One.off-base: “You’ve been there for three years. You should have ended it. You should have never started it.

A source within the Trump admin told The Post that the proposed deal was about “recouping hundreds of billions of dollars of American taxpayers’ money,” as if a bunch of Kyiv conmen have been picking Yankee pockets.Yes, American-provided weapons were crucial to Ukrainians’ defense against the Russian invasion.

There is the possibility for a deal that leaves Ukraine’s dignity intact and benefits both parties — perhaps something likeGOP club president pushed out over Barron Trump remarks hits back: 'It's an uphill battle being a Republican at NYU'A$AP Rocky learns fate in high-profile assault trial

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