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[quote=Anonymous]SO the above is one lie. Let's go for another whopper--the Ukraine aid which is mostly old ass weapons.
Has the US spent $350bn on Ukraine?
On US aid to Ukraine, Trump claimed: "We've spent perhaps $350bn… and they [Europe] have spent $100bn. What a difference that is."

BBC Verify is unable to find any evidence for Trump's $350bn claim and some figures suggest Europe has spent more as whole when all aid to Ukraine is included.

The US is, by some margin, the largest single donor to Ukraine. But Europe combined has spent more money than the US, according to the Kiel Institute think tank.

It calculates that between 24 January 2022 and the end of 2024, Europe as a whole spent $138.7bn on Ukraine, while the US spent $119.7bn.

How much has the US given to Ukraine?
Fact-checking Elon Musk's claims in the Oval Office
The US Department of Defense has a higher figure of $182.8bn - taking into account a broader range of US military activity in Europe - but this is still considerably less than Trump's figure.

We have asked the White House where it comes from.

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