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Tony Wied: “We cannot afford to send hundreds of billions of dollars…”

Featuring: Tony Wied, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 8

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Published | Video Starts at 01:02

And President Trump, with his dealings and his negotiations with Vladimir Zelensky and with the situation there, it's working. We need to come to a peaceful resolution with this conflict. We cannot afford to send hundreds of billions of dollars over there [to Ukraine]. for something that is not going to, you know, there is no victory. This is something that needs to be dealt with now. We need to find peace in that region. (01:02–01:07)

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Asserts that the U.S. cannot afford to send hundreds of billions of dollars to Ukraine.

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