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I saw a lot of people justifying Trump's moves because "the US shouldn't be spending so much money helping Ukraine in the war".

I understand that argument, but what about security guarantees? Zelensky has been simply asking for security guarantees so that Putin doesn't start another war in a few years (like he did in 2014 and 2022). Why can't Trump provide that? Why should we just trust Putin's word? Or is there something I'm missing?

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> the US shouldn't be spending so much money helping Ukraine in the war

Russia has been a principal threat for the past 75 years.

Donating equipment is a cheap way to wear them down. Dirty cheap.

It's absolutely in US interest, as it would allow US to focus on other players.

>"the US shouldn't be spending so much money helping Ukraine in the war".

Large part if not the majority of US money is used to replenish/renew/modernize the stocks of the outdated/expired stuff they send to Ukraine

Neither the US nor the EU want to directly fight Russia. A security guarantee is only credible if they are able and willing to fight Russia. That's why.

In past agreements like the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, Western powers and Russia pledged security guarantees not to use force against Ukraine. Security guarantees in this context would mean the US pledging to use force against Russia on Ukraine's behalf, doesn't it? That's a much riskier proposition. That could potentially start WW3.

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