“where does he get the power to do this? Doesn’t congress have to approve?”
Congress appropriated $14 billion for Ukraine in the budget that passed. The Administration has started doling it out in a series of packages, $300-800 million at a time.
At this rate, it seems that they will be going back to Congress for more in a couple of months (unless they have some Intel that the war will be over by then).
“At this rate, it seems that they will be going back to Congress for more in a couple of months”
Worry not, they’ll be back at the trough whenever it comes to the rebuilding phase.