During President Trump's address to Congress, Jake Tapper interrupted Daniel Dale's fact-checking to defend one of Trump's claims, which was deemed misleading. Trump asserted that the U.S. spent significantly more on Ukraine than Europe. Dale refuted this, revealing that Europe has actually committed much more aid than the U.S. and cited figures from a German think tank to support his argument. The partisanship of the event was noted as Democrats disrupted Trump's speech, reflecting the polarized political climate.
So, Trump said the U.S. has spent maybe 350 billion and Europe 100 billion. Well, a German think tank that closely tracks this issue found the U.S. has committed about 126 billion, actually allocated about 121 billion, so way less than 350 billion.
President Trump keeps telling the story about how the U.S. has sent Ukraine way more than Europe has collectively. In fact, Europe has committed and provided more aid to Ukraine during this war than the U.S. has.
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