LaFinlandiaSidestepping Congress, White House Announces Ukraine Aid
Colin from Edinburgh.@[email protected]
They're a bit late to the dance.
$300 million is next to nothing.
CaptDustApologies, there are traitors holding our wallet that would rather see Putin steamroll through NATO. This is just what Biden could find in the couch cushions.
I think you mean Russian assets they are bought and paid for at least traitors betray their country for ideology. These fucks will sell their soul for money and power.
mozz, but stressed the need for Congress to pass more aid.
"It is a relatively small package to give Ukraine the minimum of what it needs for a short amount of time," a senior defense official told reporters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Tell that to Trump. Womp Womp.
At least it’s something… Any bit helps at this point.
Hopefully the Czech artillery shells will come fast enough too, next week or two it seems.
PugJesusUS defense officials said they had managed to find the $300 million for Ukraine by making savings on recent purchases by the Pentagon, but stressed the need for Congress to pass more aid.
Unfortunately, until Congress unfucks itself, we have only scraps that we can legally send.
It’s about $300 million more than nothing actually
TallonMetroidWas wondering when Genocide Joe would finally do this for Ukraine as well.
Grant 🇺🇦ArmUkraine🇺🇦@TallonMetroid @LaFinlandia the Kremlin/maga cult are terrified of Joe Biden. Slava Ukraini
Found the maggat
Being appalled that it took him this long to bypass Congress to support Ukraine when he’s been doing it the whole time to facilitate the genocide in Gaza is maggat now? Pull the other one.
He did nothing.
The Pentagon found the money.
“What about” gaza…
Stinks of Kremlin.
“Funny name calling” ; stinks or the USA republicans who cannot string two intelligent words one after the other correctly without getting a migraine.
I’m pissed that it took him so fucking long to finally give Ukraine the same treatment he gave Israel, and that makes me a Kremlin stooge? That’s some impressive mental gymnastics there, guy. 🙄
Israel had already been given money by Congress. The president only has authority to approve weapon sales. If Ukraine showed up with cash, Biden could instantly approve it too.
The situation isn’t comparable.
Get your facts before explaining stuff lol
300 million? Come on, man. We fined a single sex pest slash business fraudster more than that. Surely we can find more to help an entire nation.
Better than nothing right now, Congress needs to unfuck itself. The free world needs to defeat putin and russia.
Agreed. Though I worry that’ll take pressure off the cantankerous legislators that are blocking true support for Ukraine.
How did US politics get to a point where Russia is tacitly if not explicitly being supported by half of the electorate? And all because of an 🍊 with an IQ to match?
:(
jabathekekMoney.
I doubt many people will make a profit on this, other than Trump himself.
Seems to me like Russian oligarchs benefit greatly from all these new trade lines with China but what do I know?
Which ones? China was always open for business.
Weren’t there talks of a massive oil pipeline from Russia to China?
Maybe. They do export to China. The thing is China cuts a hard bargain, and so they really prefer to sell to Europeans, who will bid competitively. And also they could potentially sell to both, so I’m not sure how Ukraine figures in to any of it.
@CanadaPlus @Jax
China and India pay close to cost price for Russian oil and and have refused to pay in Rubles, which caused the Ruble to become an effectively non-exchangeable currency. Russia is spending 40% of its income on the war, and as its income is almost entirely derived from petrochemicals, the effect on the Russian economy is catastrophic. They are not exporting refined products due to failing infrastructure and Ukrainian attacks on refineries. The situation is serious.
China and India pay close to cost price for Russian oil and and have refused to pay in Rubles, which caused the Ruble to become an effectively non-exchangeable currency. Russia is spending 40% of its income on the war, and as its income is almost entirely derived from petrochemicals, the effect on the Russian economy is catastrophic. They are not exporting refined products due to failing infrastructure and Ukrainian attacks on refineries. The situation is serious.
It’s always the money isn’t it? Ugh.
Chat GPT is getting really good. Here's a letter from a US politician.
Worry all you like. Kicker is a lot of people have been screaming at Biden/his administration to send aid to Ukraine again. I am definitely not his #1 fan, though he’s trying and that should be recognized more often, despite his faults.
That is basically the steady-state outcome in a first-pass-the-post election system. What more would one expect?
Until our election system can better reflect the population it serves, the only real choice one will ever have is “which of these two do I dislike least?”
@rushaction
Understood, but in the UK we have cross party support for Ukraine. It has never wavered.
We were the first to declare support for Ukraine.
We were the first to send military aid.
Our PM.Was the first leader to visit Ukraine.
We were the first to send long-range missiles.
First to train Ukrainian troops.
First to deploy Special Forces in an 'advisory role.'
And so it continues today.
You can excuse your Fake Politicians.
It's all an American can do.
No personal offense intended.
HopfgeistThat’s just drawing from a special Presidential fund. I forgot the name. It is only a couple of billions in total, and must last for a year and for everything the administration wants to support without Congressional approval.
And if the $60 billion main aid package is intended for a year, then $300 million is the equivalent of less than 2 day’s worth.
“A drop on a hot stone”, as we say in Germany.
Ein Tropfen auf eine heiße Stein?