Trump pauses US military aid to Ukraine while pressuring Zelenskyy to move toward quick end to war - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "Yet, Trump, who has repeatedly praised Putin and undermined our allies, is now playing political games with critical military assistance.
54% : " Sen. Markwayne Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican who is a close ally of Trump, said he believes the president and Zelenskyy can "move past it." "Getting the minerals deal done is a first step," Mullin said.
50% : " Trump administration and Ukrainian officials had been expected to sign off on a deal during Zelenskyy's visit last week that would have given the U.S. access to Ukraine's critical minerals in part to pay back the U.S. for aid it has sent Kyiv since the start of the war.
47% : Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform, responding to comments Zelenskyy made late Sunday to reporters.
43% : A White House official said Trump is focused on reaching a peace deal and wants Zelenskyy "committed" to that goal.
43% : The order will remain in effect until Trump determines that Ukraine has demonstrated a commitment to peace negotiations with Russia, the official said.
40% : Trump, at a White House event later Monday, referred to Zelenskyy's reported comments and asserted the Ukrainian leader "better not be right about that.
40% : It had left unspent about $3.85 billion in congressionally authorized funding to send more weapons to Ukraine from existing U.S. stockpiles -- a sum that had not been affected by the foreign aid freeze that Trump put in place when he first took office.
36% : Trump earlier on Monday slammed Zelenskyy for suggesting that the end of the war likely "is still very, very far away."
35% : Trump on Monday suggested he hasn't given up on the economic pact, calling it "a great deal."
33% : In the leadup to the 2024 election, Trump vowed a quick end to the war in Ukraine, even once boasting that he could bring a halt to the fighting in one day.
30% : " Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman, who served as counsel to House Democrats in the first impeachment inquiry against Trump, said the pausing of aid was "another extortion" of Zelenskyy.
30% : Angela Stent, a former national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council, said Putin is likely in no rush to end the war amid the fissures between Trump and Zelenskyy and between Europe and the U.S. about the way ahead.
20% : "And can he and will he make the compromises necessary?" Waltz added another layer of doubt about U.S. support as other high-profile Trump allies, including House Speaker Mike Johnson and Sen. Lindsey Graham, have suggested that the relationship between Trump and Zelenskyy is becoming untenable.
16% : The halting of military aid comes some five years after Trump held up congressionally authorized assistance to Ukraine as he sought to pressure Zelenskyy to launch an investigation into Joe Biden, then a Democratic presidential candidate.

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