BREAKING: Trump halts military aid to Ukraine, Bloomberg reports
kyivindependent.com

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a suspension of all military aid to Ukraine, escalating pressure on President Volodymyr Zelensky mere days after a heated exchange in the Oval Office cast doubt on U.S. support for Kyiv.

A senior Defense Department official told Bloomberg that all U.S. military assistance to Ukraine is on hold until Trump determines that Ukrainian leaders are making a genuine effort toward peace.

The pause affects not only future aid but also weapons already in transit, including shipments on aircraft and ships, as well as equipment awaiting transfer in Poland.

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Edit: changed source from Bloomberg to Kyiv Independent b/c there’s no paywall and more detail in the story.

    • WoodScientist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      16·
      9 hours ago

      As far as I’m aware, the military, in the best case, will simply refuse to follow unlawful orders. There are formal processes to do so. That’s part of military culture and law. Whether that system will hold up to Trump is unknown. When he issues unlawful orders, will soldiers simply refuse to comply? Unknown.

      But one thing is for sure. It’s not part of military culture to actively resist. There is no formal process for that to be protected or OK. That’s simply insurrection and rebellion.

      • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        6 hours ago

        Dictators fear military coups, that’s why people like Putin keeps them weak and fighting themselves

    • ricecake@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      105·
      15 hours ago

      The military that he just dismissed the leadership of and replaced with his own people, and the CIA that’s directed by his people?

      • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        11 hours ago

        Here’s the pickle though. Wouldn’t it be reasonable if another administration get in power and then need to purge all these positions of pro trump people?

        Like what happens next? it’s such a bleak world now.

        • Spzi@lemm.eeEnglish
          8·
          7 hours ago

          Wouldn’t it be reasonable if another administration get in power and then need to purge all these positions of pro trump people?

          Oh no! You have a great point for horror fans there.

          I’d even say, it probably is somewhat necessary in order to resume administration. What a beautiful, postfactual dilemma:

          The Reps fear an ideological, systemic witch hunt, which they use as an excuse to replace government workers. The new workers are ideologically aligned with the Reps, encouraged to assist the dismantling of non-Rep institutions and carry out the King’s will above and beyond the law.

          Now when votes swing the other way, the new administration kind of has to revert some of this damage to assume functioning.

          Which is where the circle closes; the prophecy fulfills itself. Now the Reps have evidence for their previously baseless claims. The whole system is locked in a back-and-forth mud wrestling of replacing workers based on ideology.

          • Phytobus@lemm.eeEnglish
            4·
            6 hours ago

            That’s the problem with the two-party system in the USA, in a full democracy this dynamic wouldn’t happen. This is the achilles heel of american democracy and the downfall seems to have begun.

    • Riddick3001@lemmy.worldEnglish
      54·
      14 hours ago

      “Do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic ;that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter: So help you God?”

    • commander@lemmings.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 hours ago

      What do you mean? Trump is an asset of the ruling class.

      Rich people in the nation have literally nothing to fear while he’s in office, so we shouldn’t expect the military or any 3-letter agencies to do anything about it.

    • Montagge@lemmy.zipEnglish
      17·
      14 hours ago

      I don’t know that the CIA has ever given a shit about the United States.

      Hell H.W. Bush was the son of a man that tried to overthrow the government and Ford appointed him to CIA director in the 70s.

      • Bronzebeard@lemm.eeEnglish
        21·
        14 hours ago

        Given how big a security leak the dipshit is, and he already got a ton of their agents in the field killed the first time around, it’s not so much them caring about the US, but then seeing a threat to their own power.

    • in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      13·
      16 hours ago

      If… Let’s say if… It’ll take some planning, they wouldn’t just do it willy nilly they gotta plan the hit, find the right assets, find the right areas, research, etc. it takes a lot of work to whack somebody it’s not like The Sopranos or anything.

        • in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          7·
          14 hours ago

          Yeah it’s fucking wild the efforts they go through. Even if it’s as discreet as a walk-by in a parking garage with a suppressed pistol or strangled in a car, there will be at least 10 people doing different jobs with zero knowledge of what the others are doing or what the end goal is, all doing a very simple task that any normal person could do with probable ignorance. Real life examples of how the mafia do hits are really intricate: You pay one guy to flatten a tire, you pay another guy to drive the tow truck, you pay another guy to ask them for directions to delay them a bit, you pay another guy to be an uber or taxi driver, you pay another guy to receive where the taxi/uber is going, this is all after paying probably a few other dudes to study their schedule and the schedule of their visitors/guests, pay another dude to get keep their neighbor or something distracted, pay another dude to take the shot and dip (source: I know a guy who knows a guy who knows another guy). It’s very expensive and time consuming, that’s why organized hits don’t happen a lot it’s gotta be worth the investment. This would be much harder to pull off against someone with 24/7 secret service guard, but the CIA/FBI/Police are pros at pulling shit off like this.