Donald Trump Orders Pause On Military Aid To Ukraine​on March 4, 2025 at 1:57 am

Donald Trump has ordered a pause on aid to Ukraine, as his administration seeks to pressure Volodymyr Zelensky to work toward a peace deal with Russia, the AP and other outlets reported tonight.

A White House official said that the pause was part of a review to ensure that the aid “is contributing to a solution.”

The action follows the tumultuous meeting between Trump and Zelensky last week, which ended with Zelensky being asked to leave the White House without signing a mineral deal. During the Oval Office blowup, Trump and Vice President JD Vance complained that Zelensky was being disrespectful as he tried to make the case that the Russians could not be trusted.

On Truth Social, Trump reacted to an AP story in which Zelensky said that the end of the war with Russia was far away. Trump wrote, “This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy, and America will not put up with it for much longer! It is what I was saying, this guy doesn’t want there to be Peace as long as he has America’s backing and, Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelenskyy, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the U.S.”

Trump’s citation of an AP story comes in spite of the fact that the White House has banned the wire service from pooled events because it refused to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of California.

Zelensky wrote on Truth Social earlier today, “The basic scenario is to maintain positions and create conditions for proper diplomacy to achieve the swiftest possible end to this war with a just peace. We need peace, true and honest peace – not endless war. And security guarantees are essential. The absence of security guarantees for Ukraine 11 years ago allowed Russia to start with the occupation of Crimea and the war in Donbas. Later, the absence of security guarantees allows Russia to launch a full-scale invasion, and now, due to the lack of clear security guarantees, Russia continues to fuel this war. The world sees this, and the world acknowledges it.”