Trump praises Russia's military record in argument to stop funding Ukraine's fight

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : Trump on Tuesday repeated his characterization of Zelenskyy as "the greatest salesman on Earth" for winning U.S. aid to help Ukraine.
42% : Trump and Zelenskyy have a long history dating back to the former U.S. president's time in the White House.
37% : The then-president pressured Zelenskyy to open investigations of Biden and his son Hunter as well as a cybersecurity firm Trump falsely linked to Ukraine.
33% : "Biden says, 'We will not leave until we win,'" Trump said, lowering his voice to mimic the Democratic president.
28% : Trump insisted that the U.S. had "to get out," though he did not specify how he would negotiate an ending to U.S. involvement in the war.
28% : "Every time Zelenskyy comes to the United States, he walks away with $100 billion," Trump said, erroneously.
15% : Earlier this week, in an interview with The New Yorker, Zelenskyy implied Trump does not understand and oversimplifies the conflict, and said his running mate JD Vance is "too radical" and essentially advocates for Ukraine to "make a sacrifice" by "giving up its territories.
5% : Speaking in Savannah, Georgia, Trump mocked President Joe Biden's frequent refrain that the U.S. would back the Ukrainian armed forces until Kyiv wins the war.

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