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1. From a link in the story - the "nonsensical math" of US support for Ukraine

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Aug 30, 2025, 09:23 AM

Aug 30

That’s all fair, but it doesn’t get close to Trump’s $350 billion figure. So how did the White House official try to get closer?

With some nonsensical math – that added in a whole bunch of things that are not assistance to Ukraine.

Specifically, the official counted more than $90 billion in inflation felt by US households after the Russian invasion of Ukraine; a $16 billion decline in US exports to Russia amid US sanctions; and more than $7 billion in increased fertilizer costs after the Russian invasion drove up prices.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/15/politics/fact-check-trump-ukraine-war

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