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According to the White House, America is not interested in open-ended funding for Ukraine amidst the ongoing peace talks to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
According to the White House press secretary Karolin Levit, President Donald Trump, who refused to send American troops to the ground to support Ukraine, “sensitive to American taxpayer’s needs”.
“He made it clear that we would not continue writing vacant checks to fund a war for a very far war, which is why he came up with a very creative solution to NATO to buy American weapons, as it is best in the world, and then to return the needs of the Ukrainian army and Ukrainian people to his army,” Lewet told on Tuesday.
Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelanski and President Donald Trump joined hands during a meeting at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on August 18, 2025. (Through Mandel Nagan/AFP Getty Image)
“So this is the solution that has come with the President. We will continue to look forward,” said Lewit. “For any extra sale, I have to refer to you to the Department of Defense.”
The Congress has passed several pieces of law to support Ukraine, which since February 2022 has a total amount of at least $ 175 billion to help Ukraine, which is according to the council on foreign relations.
President Donald Trump and other European leaders posed for a “family photo” amidst the conversation to end the Russian war at Ukraine at the White House on August 18, 2025 in Washington. (Alexander Drago/Reuters)
Meanwhile, Trump approved a deal in July, allowing European colleagues to buy American weapons such as Patriot missile defense systems for Ukraine.
Levit’s comments echoed by Vice President JD Vance, who after meetings with European officials in Britain on August 10, told European leaders that the US “has been” done with the funding of the US “Ukraine war business,” and European colleagues should take a big responsibility to end the struggle.
Vice President JD Vance, with British Foreign Secretary David Lammi, speaks during a meeting in Sakhaox, England during a meeting in August 8, 2025. (Qin Chew – Pool/Getty Images)
“What we said to the Europeans, first of all, it is in your neck, it is in your back door,” Vance said in an interview with Fox News, “It is in your neck, first of all, it is in your back door.” “You guys have got to move in this matter and play a big role, and if you care so much about this struggle, you should be ready to play this war more directly and more directly in financed yourself.”
This is a braking news story and will be updated.
