Speaker Johnson skeptical of $61B Ukraine request after Zelensky meeting

YouTube ^ | Dec 12, 2023

[11th_VA]

House Speaker Mike Johnson Johnson told reporters Tuesday after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that there was no resolution in sight to the impasse over President Biden’s request for $61.4 billion in new funding for Ukraine.

Johnson (R-La.) said that he told Zelesnky during a private meeting that “we stand with him and against [Russian President Vladimir] Putin,” but that he was concerned about the lack of a plan to resolve the conflict and provide oversight of the proposed spending.

“I have asked the White House since the day that I was handed the gavel as speaker for clarity. We need clear articulation of the strategy to allow Ukraine to win, and thus far their responses have been insufficient,” Johnson said.

“They have not provided us the clarity and the detail that we requested over and over since literally 24 hours after I was handed the gavel … And so what the Biden administration seems to be asking for is billions of additional dollars with no appropriate oversight, no clear strategy to win, and none of the answers that I think the American people are owed.”

[Dr.Deth]

"I wonder if any of our tax money being laundered in Ukraine is returning to Johnson’s pocket. I’m not saying it is, but the Biden Crime Family isn’t the only entity benefitting from it."

Didn't some regime flack just brag about how 95% of Ukraine funding comes back to American (MIC) companies as an "investment"?

[11th_VA]

Most of it does come back to US - see post 7

[vpintheak]

Thanks for that explanation. I appreciate it. It is probably supposed to work that way. I am far too disillusioned to believe that it actually works that way in reality though.