Ex-President Donald Trump ripped aid to Ukraine in his first visit to Capitol Hill since the insurrection in January 2021 (Picture: Reuters)
Former President Donald Trump reportedly questioned what the benefit would be of Ukraine winning the war with Russia in his first visit to Capitol Hill since the insurrection.
Trump spoke with Republican lawmakers on Thursday, hitting a range of issues behind closed doors.
Trump apparently slammed a $60billion aid package for Ukraine that lawmakers including GOP members recently passed.
‘He’s like, if Ukraine wins, what will be the benefit?’ Republican Rep Don Bacon told reporters afterward.
Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reacts following meetings with Republicans on Capitol Hill, at the National Republican Senatorial Committee headquarters in Washington, DC, on Thursday (Picture: Reuters)
Bacon added: ‘Well I could see the benefit pretty clearly.’
Trump also reportedly said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ‘more afraid of him than (President Joe) Biden’.
‘He said he told Putin that if he invaded Ukraine, he would hit him hard,’ Foreign Affairs Chair Mike McCaul told the Daily Mail.
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