US House of Representatives speaker says that he does not want to finance Ukraine anymore

The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Mike Johnson, said that he no longer wants to finance Ukraine and hopes that it will not be necessary after the presidential election.

Johnson said this in an interview with PunchbowlNews on Friday, October 11.

According to him, the war in Ukraine has no signs of ending, so his support for the allocation of monetary aid to Kyiv is weakening.

"I don’t have an appetite for further Ukraine funding, and I hope it’s not necessary. If President Trump wins, I believe that he actually can bring that conflict to a close. I really do. I think he’ll call [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and tell him that this is enough," Johnson said.

In addition, the speaker noted that everyone in the world wants the war to end as soon as possible, because " everybody around the world is weary of this." According to Johnson, if Kamala Harris wins the U.S. presidential election, the war will not end and will become a "desperate and dangerous scenario."

As the Ukrainian News agency reported, on September 26, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, addressed a statement to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in which he demanded the dismissal of Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova.

On May 9, the U.S. House of Representatives voted against the resignation of Speaker Johnson.

Recall that in March the White House reported that Johnson was looking for an excuse not to vote on a bill that provides for the allocation of aid to Ukraine.