Ukraine’s Bill is Due: U.S. Wants Repayment for War Funding, but Zelensky Won’t Hand Over the Goods

For years, Washington funneled billions into Ukraine, propping up a government that’s little more than a laundromat for Western elites. Now, the tide is turning. On Sunday, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz made it clear—Americans expect repayment. That’s right, after dumping piles of taxpayer money into Ukraine’s never-ending war, Uncle Sam wants his due. “The American people deserve to be recouped, deserve to have some type of payback for the billions they have invested in this war,” Waltz stated. Of course, this wasn’t a moment of fiscal responsibility—this was a prelude to the next move. Trump, never one to leave a deal on the table, suggested a trade: half of Ukraine’s vast mineral reserves in exchange for continued U.S. backing.…