Lind­sey Gra­ham Meets Zelen­sky, Says He Float­ed Trump’s Loan Idea For Ukraine Aid

Lindsey Graham Meets Zelensky, Says He Floated Trump’s Loan Idea For Ukraine Aid

On Mon­day, Sen. Lind­sey Gra­ham (R‑SC) said he raised for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump‘s idea for a loan to Ukraine while meet­ing with Ukrain­ian Pres­i­dent Volodymyr Zelen­sky.
A post to X from Gra­ham said he had a “very pro­duc­tive vis­it” with Zelen­sky and oth­er Ukrain­ian offi­cials about the state of the Ukraine’s war against Rus­sia, dur­ing which the Unit­ed States has already giv­en tens of bil­lions of dol­lars of aid to Ukraine, and “what lies ahead.”
Gra­ham said he informed Zelen­sky that Trump’s “idea of turn­ing aid from the Unit­ed States into a no-inter­est, waiv­able loan is the most like­ly path for­ward” giv­en the bor­der cri­sis and “over­whelm­ing debt” in the U.S.

I had a very pro­duc­tive vis­it with Pres­i­dent Zelen­sky and oth­er Ukrain­ian offi­cials about the state of the war and what lies ahead.
Dur­ing my meet­ing with Pres­i­dent Zelen­sky, I informed him that giv­en the cri­sis at the Unit­ed States’ south­ern bor­der and our over­whelm­ing debt,…
— Lind­sey Gra­ham (@LindseyGrahamSC) March 18, 2024

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