Europe has allocated more money in direct, bilateral aid to Ukraine than the U.S. has during the war with Russia. But in President Donald Trump’s remarks surrounding recent meetings with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine, he falsely claimed that the U.S. has given Ukraine more than three times as much as Europe.
In an Aug. 15 interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity after the president’s meeting in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump, as he has before, provided an inaccurate comparison of U.S. and European aid to Ukraine. “You know, we gave them $350 billion. Europe gave them much less, but still a lot. A hundred billion dollars,” Trump said.
Trump repeated those figures in an Aug. 19 interview on “Fox & Friends” the day after he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders in the White House. “We’ve spent through the previous administration $350 billion. Europe has spent a lot also, 100 billion, but it should be reversed, if we should have been in for anything,” he said.
His claim is incorrect. An August report from the special inspector general overseeing U.S. support for Ukraine said more than $187 billion was made available through June for military operations and the broader response to Russia’s invasion since February 2022. As we’ve written, about $174.2 billion of that was approved in five bipartisan appropriation bills, according to the Congressional Research Service. In addition, the U.S. provided to Ukraine a $20 billion...
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