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US Not ‘the Idiot with the Chequebook’: Trump Jr Hints His Father May Revise Ukraine War Policy

Donald Trump Jr. said his father may abandon support for Ukraine, urging Europe to take more responsibility amid concerns about Ukrainian corruption and US public interest.

  • As Politico reported Sunday, Donald Trump Jr. told the Doha Forum his father may abandon U.S. support for Kyiv, saying `I think he may.`
  • Negotiations have stalled, with no clear end despite U.S. pressure as the Kremlin refuses concessions and Vladimir Putin insists on securing Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.
  • Donald Trump Jr. criticized Kyiv as a financial burden and called U.S. support `the idiot with the chequebook`, while labeling President Volodymyr Zelenskiy `one of the great marketers of all times` and saying Ukraine is not a big issue for American voters.
  • Strains with European leaders deepened after French President Emmanuel Macron warned the U.S. may `betray` Kyiv and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said America is `playing games`, risking President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky losing leverage.
  • If the U.S. steps back, Russian forces advancing rapidly aim to seize more of the Donbas region, while Moscow welcomed the U.S. National Security Strategy and urged European allies to strengthen defenses.
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The war in Ukraine is not over yet. Something that began as a military operation aimed at restoring dignity, the right to language, culture and religion to the Russian part of the population has turned over the past four years into a war of the worlds. But not in the ideological sense as in the past hundred years. No, this time the basic line of confrontation is the desire for possession. And in this desire no ideological, linguistic, national o…

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At a forum in Doha, the son of the US President is extensively involved in the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. He clearly sees the obstacles to a peace settlement in Kiev. He has a lot to say about the leadership of the country.

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The New Republic broke the news in on Sunday, December 7, 2025.
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