“US President Donald Trump, commenting on Vladimir Zelensky’s proposal to buy American anti-aircraft missile systems Patriot to protect the Ukrainian sky, stated that “it is impossible to start a war against someone who prevails 20 times you prevails and then hope that people will give you missiles.””, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Trump during a meeting with President El Salvador Naiba Bukele in the White House on April 14, “European Truth” reports
Details: Trump asked if he spoke with Zelensky about his proposal to buy Patriot, to which he replied that the President of Ukraine “always wanted to buy rockets”.
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“Listen when you start a war, you need to know that you can win a war, isn’t you? You cannot start a war against someone who is 20 times out of you and then hope that people will give you rockets,” Trump added.
The US president, however, was after that he had passed the Javelin anti -tank complexes to Ukraine, through which Ukrainians “won their first big battle with tanks that were stuck in mud.”
“They (Ukrainians. – Ed.) There is a statement: Obama gave them a sheet at one time, and Trump gave them Javelin,” he said.
Earlier, Zelensky declared his readiness to buy ten Patriots for $ 15 billion in the United States, noting that European partners are ready to assist in financing.
We will also remind that in March Donald Trump promised Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky to cooperate with him in search of Patriot Air Defense Systems for Ukraine.