During a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, President Donald Trump made a claim regarding the amount of aid the United States has provided to Ukraine compared to European countries. Trump stated that the US has contributed over $300 billion, while Europe has only provided around $100 billion, emphasizing the need to 'equalize' the contributions.
However, a fact check conducted by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy revealed a different picture. According to the institute, the European Union and individual European countries had collectively committed approximately $258 billion in total wartime military, financial, and humanitarian aid to Ukraine by December. In contrast, the US had committed around $124 billion in aid.
