Democrats condemn Trump’s pause on aid to Ukraine as Zelensky is hit with vicious attacks on X

While Democrats were condemning Donald Trump’s determination Monday to intermission subject adjutant to Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was being peppered with hostile messages connected Elon Musk's X.

White House officials told assorted media outlets that the U.S. would temporarily frost much than $1 cardinal successful arms and ammunition that is already ordered oregon successful accumulation for Ukraine, arsenic good arsenic hundreds of millions of dollars successful subsidized purchases from American arms makers.

The determination comes aft a diplomatic property league exploded into on-camera rancor connected Friday, prompting fury from Trump and an outpouring of enactment for Zelenskyfrom European leaders.

On Musk's right-leaning societal media tract X, formerly Twitter, the absorption to Monday night's quality was precise different. "You are starring your radical to the slaughter!" said one. "Good riddance!" said another.

Many repeated Trump's mendacious claims astir Zelensky being a dictator, oregon offered conspiracy theories astir the quality of the war.

Democratic politicians condemned Trump's decision, portion Republicans offered mixed views.

"First, Donald Trump blamed Zelensky for Putin’s penetration of Ukraine. Then, helium says helium ‘trusts’ Putin. Now, helium has frozen bipartisan subject aid," Massachusetts legislator and erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner Elizabeth Warren wrote connected X.

"It’s wide that Donald Trump is putting his fragile ego earlier our nationalist information – siding with Putin implicit US allies successful Europe."

Philadelphia typical Brendan Boyle called it "reckless, indefensible, and a nonstop menace to our nationalist security," noting that subject assistance was approved by some parties successful Congress. New York typical called it an effort astatine "extortion.”

Republican legislator Susan Collins denounced the pause, saying Ukrainians are "shedding blood" successful defence of their country, portion her workfellow Markwayne Mullin said that the warfare has "no extremity successful sight," and that American taxpayers had nary work to support backing it.

News of the determination broke successful the mediate of the European night, truthful EU leaders mostly had not commented arsenic of precocious Monday evening.

However, an anonymous European authoritative told CNN the frost was "petty and wrong,” arguing it would pb to unnecessary civilian casualties owed to a deficiency of aerial defence missiles