Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Tuesday that congressional leaders had agreed to raise the aid package for Ukraine to $14 billion, an increase from the $10 billion requested by the White House last week.
A congressional aide confirmed to The Hill that there was a deal but said the price tag was closer to $13.5 billion. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters that the amount would be “a little less than” $14 billion.
The $14 billion will be rolled into a massive $1.5 trillion omnibus bill that’s expected to be unveiled late Tuesday.
It’s not clear how the $14 billion will be spent. Of the $10 billion requested by the White House, $4.8 billion was meant to go directly to the Pentagon to cover costs of deploying more troops to Eastern Europe, replenishing arms that the US has sent to Ukraine, including Stinger missiles, and increased intelligence and cybersecurity support.
Since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his assault on Ukraine, the Biden administration had announced an additional $350 million in military aid for Ukraine. According to a report from CNN, the majority of that new package has already been delivered as the US is working with its allies at an undisclosed base in Eastern Europe to speed up deliveries into Ukraine.
More MIC profits. That’s all this is about – the money. Sacrificing the EU’s economy to support the US economy. Sacrificing the US taxpayer for domination of the EU. Russia is just the excuse.
War is a Racket. By Maj. General Smedley Butler. (by the way, when are the retired general talking heads going to receive their (2) Congressional Medals of Honor, or, stop a coup in America?)
Well said good Richard! In anticipation of such events, I’ve begun scouting for a good street corner to panhandle on…
Learn to hack computers. Then you can just steal the money back. That’s what I’m going to do.
What the Ukrainians need to think about is all this moneypouring in from the US will have to be paid back , and when they can`t paythe bill the US will take over the economy , cut public services ect ect ect , all they have to do is ask Greece and other countries who fell into the American debt trap.
No, they won’t. Because Russia is going to set up a new government and everything the US sent is going to be a “gift”. No loans or anything else will ever be paid back. In essence, everything the taxpayers spent on this war is a gift to Russia. LOL
Well said JJ, well said…
I should add, I don’t think taking over their economies is sufficient… I think we are talking about something bigger!
Creating slave countries!!!
Hey, slavery is good. Just ask the UK or Germany.
I hope you realize that I was only jesting. 🙂
It’s like a god damn auction. Do I hear 20 billion?
Even the loose change in my pocket is gone!…
I can’t stop laughing. You are SO right!
That’s the ticket – just squander more $$$$
It seems, to my mind, it would be cheaper to buy Ukraine, instead of giving all of this money to aide them, militarily. Our military should be sufficient enough to absorb other countries (again by this proxy thingy), so, in essence we will own the countries and completely control them… For example, in exchange for our generosity, we give Ukraine a front line position for the attacking country and maybe place a few side bets on whomever we think might win. This could produce some much needed revenue and also contribute to decreasing the surplus population. It is the perfect package deal!
We already did that in 2014, for the cut-price of $5 billion and a few bags of cookies.
I have no desire to sound trivial but… Do you have any idea just exactly what kind of cookies?… I am rather partial to rich, delicate butter cookies, also some heavily nutted chocolate chip cookies….
My source isn’t precise, but the rumor is brownies. Everything full of nuts, it goes without saying.
We could be in business Pasha….!
Just think of all the good another $4.8 billion for the Pentagon will do. A couple more state-of-the-art F-35s, another Zumwalt-class destroyer, another of those great subs that bangs into underwater Chinese mountains . . .
Shame they can’t spend it on, you know, things for America.
Now that is an interesting, new idea GStorm. You really think outside of the box!
I wonder how much of that $1,5 trillion will go infrastructure and medical insurance for those who cant afford.