https://rt.com/news/-biden-zelensky-white-house-meeting
US President Joe Biden has promised another $200 million in emergency military aid for Ukraine. He made the pledge during an Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on Tuesday.
The meeting comes after a bill intended to provide $60 billion in aid for Kiev was blocked in the US Senate last week, as Republicans demanded tougher immigration control on the southern US border in exchange for approving Ukraine assistance.
Speaking to reporters after the Tuesday meeting, Biden insisted that Congress “pass the supplemental funding for Ukraine” before breaking for recess, adding that failure to do so would be “the greatest Christmas gift” to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“The decisions we make now are going to determine the future for decades to come, particularly in Europe,” Biden said.
The latest $200 million in aid announced by Biden will come from the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), which allows the Biden administration to transfer weapons from US stocks without congressional approval in case of an emergency.
@Grassr00tDougGreen5mos5MO
wtf? Thought Congress has to approve that???
@WakefulPolitic4lRepublican5mos5MO
I thought so, too. How can Biden just keep giving him money? I seriously would like an answer.
@ThrilledParrotDemocrat5mos5MO
Its a loophole, they arent giving them cash direct, theyre giving them inventory from the DoD. The problem is, inventory has to be replaced at some point, so funding will be diverted, or borrowed, in order to to replenish. Borrowed money = more added to the debt.
@FondMacawLibertarian5mos5MO
Biden tells the press to "hush up," announces he "just signed another $200 million drawdown from the Department of Defense for Ukraine," then sits and stares as his handlers remove the press from the room
@D3fence1977Socialist5mos5MO
More like "hush" money to Ukraine
@WittyLeftLaneGreen5mos5MO
First Zelensky visits our Congress to try to bully them into giving him even more money, now he’s straight up meeting w/ defense contractors. It’s clear who the real winners of war are, it’s not the American people.
@FearlessMusselRepublican5mos5MO
If Ukraine stops the Russian Invasion it is a big for “Stability” marking a win for the USA.
It’s a bargain when for a small % of the defense budget one of the US’s major adversaries is weakened, US upgrades it’s inventory and the Defense Industry is straightened.
@Dem0cr4tDeanSocialist5mos5MO
Just because you can't afford gas to get to work or food to eat doesn't mean politicians and bureaucrats shouldn't launder your taxpayer money to themselves through their proxy wars.
Stop being so selfish, peasants.
@ResolvedChamoisRepublican5mos5MO
Ridiculous! Zelenskyy will never win the war. He’ll just keep coming back for more money.
@9HLGRQS5mos5MO
Why is he giving away the United States money?
@9HLM7V6Republican5mos5MO
We’ve already given Ukraine too much.
@9HLKFWY5mos5MO
Biden is wrong. He is bankrupting the US for another country.
@9HLKDYC5mos5MO
We're spending too much money in ukraine and not on our own country
I think it's the right thing to do. Chris Christie brought up a great point that the last time we turned our backs on a shooting war in Europe, it only bought us a few years.
@9HLK43C5mos5MO
It is showing that biden is helping ukraine. Now a days every body talks about how old he is and not anything good, he didn't rasie the gas prices, people listen to bull **** media.
@9HLJYMK5mos5MO
its hard but I feel like the main point was to protect Ukraine and give a fighting chance to defend itself until we have created a ceasfire and peace between Ukraine and Russia, but now Zelensky wants to take back land which the US should not be supporting more violence.
@9HLHQ9D5mos5MO
I think that if the government does something that the whole country doesn't agree with it could be illele
@9HLJRRF5mos5MO
I belive he should not be presenting ukraine that much money.
@9HLJLV2Libertarian5mos5MO
Ridiculous. Take care of our own border first and get our house in order.
@9HLG8WS5mos5MO
The United States of America should push for its ideals abroad, including its support of the Ukrainian people. However, we should move to mediate the conflict as it has become a stalemate. This should allow for a guaranteed defense of Ukraine against any further Russian encroachment, and an expansion of NATO.
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