JAKARTA – US President Donald Trump said the Patriot missile system for Ukraine “already delivered” from Germany based on a deal supported by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), in which the US will receive full reimbursement.
“The missile system has been sent. The system came from Germany and was later replaced by Germany. Of course, the US will be paid in full,” Trump told reporters after an event in Pennsylvania.
Trump said payments would come via NATO or directly from EU member states (EU), stressing “we (US) will no longer invest. We will get our full money back.”
“If we can reach an agreement (peace), it would be great. We save 5,000 or 6,000 soldiers per week — they are Russian and Ukrainian soldiers, not American soldiers,” Trump said.
“It’s a shame — last week they said 7,100 soldiers, both Russia and Ukraine, were killed.”
Trump announced the deal in a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in the Oval Room on Monday (14/7).
“We made an agreement today… We will send weapons to them (Ukraine), and they will pay for them. The US will not make any payments. We will not buy them, but we will produce them, and they will pay for them,” he said.
Rutte confirmed the deal, saying: “The US has decided to massively supply Ukraine with what is needed through NATO. Europe is 100 percent paying for it.”
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