US announces $5.9 billion in military and budget aid to Ukraine
US announces $5.9 billion in military and budget aid to Ukraine
Summary
The U.S. announced $5.9 billion in additional aid to Ukraine, including $2.5 billion in military support and $3.4 billion in budget assistance, as President Biden finalizes his term.
This brings total U.S. military aid since 2022 to $61.4 billion and budget aid to over $30 billion, supporting Ukraine’s government and military amid intensifying Russian attacks.
Biden emphasized the importance of continued support, though uncertainty looms under Trump, who has questioned U.S. involvement.
Treasury Secretary Yellen warned against cutting aid, calling Ukraine’s success vital to U.S. interests.
Send it all today or I guarantee you Trump will find some excuse to withdraw it.
Trump would never! /s
At least not as long as Zelensky helps Trump find
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WTF, they cut funding to the IRS, they could have easily increased funding and it would pay for itself.
They could literally afford to give everyone 2’000 dollars. You saw Trump do it to get reelected.
They just don’t want to. Never believe their budget resictions.
“We can’t afford it” = “We think not taxing corporations and billionaires is more important”
Please attack the argument, not the person. We have civility rules here. If you feel someone is trolling or spreading misinformation, report them to the moderators.
Agreed though I struggle with it. It's not the best choice but it's better than nothing. So by default, better world than before the decision. Still struggling though with separating a good deed from way too little way too fucking late and, sorry I can't stop myself, a decision by way too fucking old a fart thst won't last to see the end of the next four years.
And again Tha ks for he call to civil ty and objectivism. Just do fucking hard...
/ed: adjusted for correct English figure of speech. "too little too late"
Too little, too late Biden. You played for Russia for your entire presidency.
Imagine 91.4 billion dollars going to the country that the tax payer money came from.
The U.S. gave a ton of military aid to countries getting invaded by the Nazis too.
What a terrible idea, am I right?
It's a proxy war so the US military industrial complex and politicians can make more money. It's unfortunate two countries are fighting but it's not the problem of the US people. Also you can't fix other's problems if you (the USA) have too many problems of your own that need attending to first. I would not compare this to WWII, and hopefully it doesn't turn into a nuclear WWIII because of the US antagonizations.
Imagine if the US didn't do a lend-lease deal to the USSR during WWII... There wouldn't be a Russia today. Most of Europe would be known as "Germany". And Japan would be ruling most of the Pacific.
All this money spent in a war we helped create when a fraction of it would help erase homelessness; hunger; and education access for all Americans today.
I don't know how many times this needs to be explained, but this is not money. It is not stacks of cash we could use to hand out to the homeless, or to rent them apartments.
This is war materiel. Artillery shells, vehicles, etc. It is assigned a dollar value. This is stuff we have sitting in warehouses, sometimes pretty old and in need of replacement anyway.
I'm no fan of the military industrial complex, but these donations could even be seen as a way to create American jobs in American factories, building modern replacements for what is being sent.
For most of this stuff it would cost more to dispose of than it does to send it to Ukraine. And when they send the old stuff, someone gets a job creating new stuff to replace it.
Well said. I’ve had countless conversations about this as well. Either people are too ignorant to understand military aid or are arguing in bad faith. It’s kind of insane how many upvotes these comments get.
Fuck you for spreading Nazi Russian propaganda.
You do know we can do more than one thing at time, right? Increase taxes on the rich, reduce subsidies for fossil fuels, those are just two off the top of my head. So, yes, strictly speaking you’re right that a certain amount can help offset things, but it doesn’t mean it needs to come from here.
Also, what do you mean by “we helped create”. Fairly certain the US didn’t tell Putin to go invade a sovereign country.
Oh do tell how we helped create this war. I can’t wait to hear this bullshit.
EDIT tick tock MFer… taps watch
Oh we did - by basically sitting on our hands
Does this make you feel good spreading Russian propaganda?
Russia invaded Ukraine in a fascist land grab just like Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin at the beginning of WW2
Do you actually think they just send a load of cash to them?
I don't know how many times this needs to be explained, but this is not money. It is not stacks of cash we could use to hand out to the homeless, or to rent them apartments.
This is war materiel. Artillery shells, vehicles, etc. It is assigned a dollar value. This is stuff we have sitting in warehouses, sometimes pretty old and in need of replacement anyway.
I'm no fan of the military industrial complex, but these donations could even be seen as a way to create American jobs in American factories, building modern replacements for what is being sent.