Overview

• President Trump claimed that the U.S. had spent $350 billion on Ukraine aid and provided roughly three times as much support as Europe.
• Daniel Dale highlighted Kiel Institute figures showing Europe allocated $195 billion in wartime aid through June compared with $134 billion from the United States.
• A U.S. inspector general reported $185 billion in congressional allocations through March but the White House’s defense combined this with $20 billion in G7 loans and a $93 billion inflation estimate.
• Military analysts refuted Trump’s assertion that Russian forces would have reached Kyiv in four hours by noting that tanks already used roads and highways despite mud-related delays.
• The fact-check segment aired as the president flew to Alaska for his summit with Vladimir Putin, underscoring the domestic and diplomatic stakes of contested aid figures.