Mr. Trump had insisted he wanted “payback” for past U.S. aid to Kyiv, shifting America’s alliance with Ukraine to a nakedly mercantile footing.
Mr. Trump has called the Ukrainian president a “dictator” and falsely said that Ukraine had started the war, though the conflict began with Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Which officials said this…Ukraine, or the other ones.
Yep. Not believing it till a Ukrainian official confirms without duress