“We still hate” – a transaction with Trump’s weapon for Ukraine sparkris mago anger

Some conservative members of the Donald Trump movement “Make America Great” reacted angrily to the Plans for the President of NATO weapons, claiming that this is a betrayal of his promise to stop US participation in foreign wars.

On Monday, Trump said to send Weapons to Ukraine via NATO, and threatens Russia more tariffs if the war transaction is not reached in 50 days.

Republican Congresses Margiers Taylor Green, Trump’s key ally, and former Trump’s former strategist Steve Benan – among those who criticized the decision, and Benan tells his listeners Podcaso that Ukraine is a “European war”.

The White House stressed that Europe will pay for US weapons.

In an interview with New York TimesGreene is a isolationist member of Congress from Georgia, who was one of Trump’s most loyal supporters on the Capitolian hill – said that this step was at disagreement that she promised voters at the company’s trace.

“It is not only Ukraine; these are all foreign wars at all and great foreign aid,” she said. “This is what we campaigned. This is what I also promised to my area. That’s what we all voted for. And I believe we must support the course.”

Trump sought to emphasize that the weapon would be paid, but not rendered as a direct help, saying on Monday: “We do not buy it, but we will produce it and they will pay for it.”

But in a rare public disagreement with President Green, skepticism expressed that US taxpayers eventually avoided any expenses and, in the position in social media, criticized “rear transactions through NATO”.

“Without the shadow of doubt, our tax dollars are used,” she said The New York Times, arguing that indirect costs such as preparatory missions in the US and contribution to NATO as participating in us.

“I said this at every stage of the rally: more money in Ukraine. We want peace. We just want peace for these people,” she said. “And guess that people haven’t changed.”

One former Trump company official by speaking about the state of anonymity in politicoHe said the purchase of Europe’s weapons “softens” anger from Trump’s isolationists.

“But we still hate it,” the official said. “This is not our war, and the escalation is not in the interests of America.”

Steve Benan, a former Trump adviser, said in the military room that “Ukraine is becoming so dangerous.”

“This is a European war. Let Europe handle it,” he said. “They have resources. They have labor.”

“We are going to arm people over whom we literally do not control,” Banana said about Ukraine. “This is an old -fashioned, grinding war in the bloody sections of Europe – and we are drawn into it.”

In a statement quoted by Politico, White House Deputy Press, Anna Kelly, said the Mag Trump’s base “is not panic as the media.”

“They trust Trump and know that this president resumes peace through force.”

BBC contacted the White House for comments.

The White House official, who talked to Politico about the state of anonymity, disagreed that the president’s base opposed his steps. They showed on One recent poll offered Almost two -thirds of Trump voters support what he continues to send weapons to Ukraine.

Officials in the Trump administration also defended the President’s decision, with Defense Minister Elbridge Kolby writes on X that “American message of America” is that our alliances should be fair and fair. ”

“It is very reasonable, but for many years it is considered heresy,” he added. “But now with NATO’s historical commitment, we can see that it can work.”

The latest obligations from NATO leaders to increase the cost of defense up to 5% of their economic products were highly appreciated by Trump supporters, who claimed that even with new weapons in Europe took a great responsibility for their protection.

And in an exclusive interview with BBC On Monday, only a few hours after he met NATO chief Mark Rute in the White House, Trump said the alliance is now “paying for his own accounts.”

He confirmed his support for the general principle of defense and said that “disappointed but not made” with Russian Vladimir Putin.

The president said he thought the transaction to end the war in Ukraine was four different times on cards with Russia.