At his South Carolina rally on Saturday night, Donald Trump took credit for sending military aid to Ukraine, ignoring that his first impeachment centered on him putting nearly $400 million of it on hold.
Trump boasted to a crowd at Florence Regional Airport that he was solely responsible for sending Javelins to Ukraine, and that the shoulder-fired precision missile systems are so effective against tanks.
He claimed that Biden didn't.
—Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 13, 2022
According to The New York Times, the Biden administration has authorized more than a billion dollars in weapons for Ukraine in the past year.
More than 17,000 anti-tank weapons, including Javelins, were sent to Ukrainian forces by the United States and NATO during the first week of the Russian invasion, the newspaper reported.
At the South Carolina rally, Trump claimed that all of it was sent by him.
In December of last year, Trump reluctantly agreed to provide $47 million worth of lethal weapons to Ukraine. According to Foreign Policy, he initially resisted the sale, but relented after aides convinced him it would be good for the American economy.
He said that the weapons had to be kept away from conflict zones.
Trump brags that he is solely responsible for sending military aid to Ukraine, but he did not give any security assistance to the country.
The impeachment of Trump was related to his efforts to get Zelensky to launch politically motivated investigations against the Biden family ahead of the 2020 election.
In a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25, 2019, Trump acknowledged that he discussed investigating the family of his political rival, explicitly mentioning the sale of Javelins.
The Insider contacted Trump on Sunday but did not receive a response.
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