President Donald Trump on Monday directed a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�pause바카라 게임 웹사이트� to U.S. assistance to Ukraine as he seeks to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to engage in negotiations to end the war with Russia.The move comes just days after a disastrous Oval Office meeting in which Trump and Vice President JD Vance tore into Zelenskyy for what they perceived as insufficient gratitude for the more than $180 billion U.S. has appropriated for military aid and other assistance to Kyiv since the start of Russia바카라 게임 웹사이트�s invasion on Feb. 24, 2022.A White House official said Trump is focused on reaching a peace deal and wants Zelenskyy 바카라 게임 웹사이트�committed바카라 게임 웹사이트� to that goal. The official added that the U.S. was 바카라 게임 웹사이트�pausing and reviewing바카라 게임 웹사이트� its aid to "ensure that it is contributing to a solution.바카라 게임 웹사이트� The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the assistance.The order will remain in effect until Trump determines that Ukraine has demonstrated a commitment to peace negotiations with Russia, the official said.The halting of military aid comes some five years after Trump held up congressionally authorized assistance to Ukraine as he sought to pressure Zelenskyy to launch an investigation into Joe Biden, then a Democratic presidential candidate. The moment led to Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s first impeachment.In the leadup to the 2024 election, Trump vowed a quick end to the war in Ukraine, even once boasting that he could bring a halt to the fighting in one day. He has shown increasing frustration with Zelenskyy over the war while simultaneously expressing confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he has long admired, can be trusted to keep the peace if a truce is reached.Trump earlier on Monday slammed Zelenskyy for suggesting that the end of the war likely 바카라 게임 웹사이트�is still very, very far away.바카라 게임 웹사이트� Zelenskyy had suggested it would take time to come to an agreement to end the war as he tried to offer a positive take on the U.S.-Ukraine relationship in the aftermath of last week바카라 게임 웹사이트�s White House meeting.바카라 게임 웹사이트�This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy, and America will not put up with it for much longer!바카라 게임 웹사이트� Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform, responding to comments Zelenskyy made late Sunday to reporters.Trump, at a White House event later Monday, referred to Zelenskyy's reported comments and asserted the Ukrainian leader 바카라 게임 웹사이트�better not be right about that.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Zelenskyy later took to social media in an effort to further explain his thinking. He did not directly refer to Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s comments, but underscored that it 바카라 게임 웹사이트�is very important that we try to make our diplomacy really substantive to end this war the soonest possible.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�We need real peace and Ukrainians want it most because the war ruins our cities and towns,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Zelenskyy added. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�We lose our people. We need to stop the war and to guarantee security.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Trump administration and Ukrainian officials had been expected to sign off on a deal during Zelenskyy바카라 게임 웹사이트�s visit last week that would have given the U.S. access to Ukraine바카라 게임 웹사이트�s critical minerals in part to pay back the U.S. for aid it has sent Kyiv since the start of the war. The White House had billed such a pact as a way to tighten U.S.-Ukrainian relations in the long term.Vance, in an interview with Fox 온라인 바카라 게임' Sean Hannity that aired Monday evening, said European allies were doing Ukraine a disservice by not pressing Zelenskyy to find an endgame to the war.바카라 게임 웹사이트�A lot of our European friends puff him up,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Vance said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�They say, you know, you바카라 게임 웹사이트�re a freedom fighter. You need to keep fighting forever. Well, fighting forever with what? With whose money, with whose ammunition and with whose lives?바카라 게임 웹사이트�Democrats said the pausing of aid to Ukraine was dangerous and ill-advised.Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle of Pennsylvania, who is co-chair of the Congressional EU Caucus, said the decision 바카라 게임 웹사이트�is reckless, indefensible, and a direct threat to our national security.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The Biden administration provided Kyiv with more than $66.5 billion in military aid and weapons since the war began. It had left unspent about $3.85 billion in congressionally authorized funding to send more weapons to Ukraine from existing U.S. stockpiles 바카라 게임 웹사이트� a sum that had not been affected by the foreign aid freeze that Trump put in place when he first took office.바카라 게임 웹사이트�This aid was approved by Congress on a bipartisan basis 바카라 게임 웹사이트� Republicans and Democrats alike recognized that standing with Ukraine is standing for democracy and against Putin바카라 게임 웹사이트�s aggression,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Boyle said in a statement. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Yet, Trump, who has repeatedly praised Putin and undermined our allies, is now playing political games with critical military assistance.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman, who served as counsel to House Democrats in the first impeachment inquiry against Trump, said the pausing of aid was 바카라 게임 웹사이트�another extortion바카라 게임 웹사이트� of Zelenskyy.바카라 게임 웹사이트�This is the exact opposite of peace through strength,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Goldman said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Instead, what it is is it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s another extortion of President Zelenskyy, illegally withholding aid in order to get President Zelenskyy to agree to a minerals deal."Trump's national security adviser said Zelenskyy바카라 게임 웹사이트�s posture during Friday바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Oval Office talks 바카라 게임 웹사이트�put up in the air바카라 게임 웹사이트� whether he바카라 게임 웹사이트�s someone the U.S. administration will be able to deal with going forward.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Is he ready, personally, politically, to move his country towards an end to the fighting?바카라 게임 웹사이트� Mike Waltz said Monday on Fox 온라인 바카라 게임' 바카라 게임 웹사이트�America바카라 게임 웹사이트�s 온라인 바카라 게임room.바카라 게임 웹사이트� "And can he and will he make the compromises necessary?바카라 게임 웹사이트�Waltz added another layer of doubt about U.S. support as other high-profile Trump allies, including House Speaker Mike Johnson and Sen. Lindsey Graham, have suggested that the relationship between Trump and Zelenskyy is becoming untenable.Angela Stent, a former national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council, said Putin is likely in no rush to end the war amid the fissures between Trump and Zelenskyy and between Europe and the U.S. about the way ahead.바카라 게임 웹사이트�He thinks Russia is winning. ... And he thinks that as time goes on, the West will be more fractured," said Stent, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington.Trump on Monday suggested he hasn't given up on the economic pact, calling it 바카라 게임 웹사이트�a great deal.바카라 게임 웹사이트� He added that he expected to speak about the deal during his Tuesday address before a joint session of Congress.Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a Pennsylvania Republican who co-chairs the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, spoke with Zelenskyy's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, earlier Monday about getting the mineral rights deal back on track.Key GOP senators also indicated before the announcement of paused aid that they see a path to put U.S.-Ukraine relations back on track.바카라 게임 웹사이트�We got to lower the temperature,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., 바카라 게임 웹사이트�and get to a deal that바카라 게임 웹사이트�s economically beneficial and takes care of our interests as well as the interests of the Ukrainian people.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Sen. Markwayne Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican who is a close ally of Trump, said he believes the president and Zelenskyy can 바카라 게임 웹사이트�move past it.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�Getting the minerals deal done is a first step,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Mullin said. After that, he said, Zelenskyy needs to be 바카라 게임 웹사이트�realistic on what a peace deal looks like.바카라 게임 웹사이트�___Associated Press writers Tracy Brown, Lolita C. Baldor and Marc Levy contributed to this report.