Former President Trump condemns President Biden's decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine. The comments come a day after Mike Pence, his former vice president who is now a rival for the GOP nomination, said he backs the munitions.
about stockpiles at a 2019 White House press conference with Italy's president. He said at the time that the U.S. had no ammunition when he first entered office.
"When I took over, it was a mess," Trump said."One of our generals came in to see me and he said, 'Sir, we don’t have ammunition.' I said, 'That’s a terrible thing you just said.' He said, 'We don’t have ammunition.' Now we have more ammunition than we’ve ever had." Trump concluded his statement Tuesday by saying there must be an immediate end to"the bloodshed in Ukraine" and a"return to a focus on America’s vital interests."
Trump didn't offer any alternative solution that he would have acted on if he were currently president. Since Russia's invasion in February 2022, Trump has repeatedly refused to commit to publicly promising support for Ukraine. In May, he deflected numerous times during aHe has also claimed that the war would never have happened under his watch and that he could broker a deal between Russia and UkraineMeanwhile, NBC News reached out to most of the 2024 GOP presidential campaigns on Monday asking for comment to gauge where other candidates stand on the munitions issue.
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