Her at 50.
Posted on 01/27/2025 9:00:03 AM PST by bimboeruption
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, voiced her support on Friday for the recent halt in foreign aid seemingly impacting Ukraine.
Newsweek has reached out to Greene and the White House via email for comment.
Why It Matters
Greene, an ally of President Donald Trump, has been a staunch critic of former President Joe Biden's Ukrainian aid amid the Russia-Ukraine war that began nearly three years ago.
Trump has also criticized the billions of dollars the Biden administration has spent in supporting Kyiv and has said that if he was at the negotiating table with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the war between the two nations would end "within 24 hours," leading to concerns that he would press Zelensky to surrender the territory Moscow currently occupies.
While the foreign aid freeze is temporary and Trump has signaled he may continue to take a tough stance on Russia, it's still unclear how much military aid he will give to Kyiv.
What To Know
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday halted spending on most existing foreign aid grants for 90 days.
The order, communicated through a cable to U.S. embassies worldwide and obtained by the Associated Press, prohibits new government spending and implies that existing programs will only continue as long as they have available cash.
As the world's largest provider of foreign aid, the U.S. allocated approximately $60 billion in 2023, which represents about 1 percent of the national budget.
While the new guidance means no further actions will be taken to disperse aid funding to programs already approved by the U.S. government, there are exceptions for humanitarian food initiatives and military aid to Israel and Egypt.
The halt comes after Trump's recent executive order, signed on Monday, instructed the State Department to pause foreign...
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"'President Trump and our new Secretary of State Marco Rubio just stopped all foreign aid to Ukraine and other countries, except Israel and Egypt. The State Department is shocked. The American people are not, we are celebrating,' Greene wrote on X, formerly Twitter."
"However, it's unclear how exactly the halt will impact Ukraine. According to the AP on Saturday, Zelensky said the U.S. has not stopped military aid to his country. While Zelensky didn't clarify whether humanitarian aid had been paused, he said at a press conference with Moldovan President Maia Sandu, 'I am focused on military aid; it has not been stopped, thank God.'"
These sources verify MTG's statement:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/us/politics/us-foreign-aid-egypt-israel.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/marco-rubio-orders-halt-almost-us-foreign-aid-rcna189230
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rubio-orders-freeze-new-funding-u-s-foreign-aid-programs/
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/politics/us-freezes-foreign-aid/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/24/foreign-aid-israel-egypt
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9nx5k7lv0o
https://apnews.com/article/state-department-trump-foreign-aid-bf047e17ef64cb42a1a1b7fdf05caffa
https://apnews.com/article/state-department-trump-foreign-aid-bf047e17ef64cb42a1a1b7fdf05caffa
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-pause-applies-all-foreign-aid-israel-egypt-get-waiver-says-state-dept-memo-2025-01-24/
Who do you believe?
Don’t know why I read that MTG does lap dance.
Who cares, Russia’s economy is failing
Putin better take Trump’s peace deal, or it’s only going to get worse ...
60 billion to Ukraine in 2023.
How much total has the Biden family, the Obama-Biden-Harris regime passed through their MANY DIFFERENT Ukraine aid since 2021?
And on a DIRECTLY RELATED matter, note that Biden’s pardons for his family members go back to crimes that may have been committed from 2014 through the date of the pardon.
Hmmmm….2014? That seems to ring a bell.
Fantasizing?
The border wall could have been completely finished for what we’re spending on UKR.
All aid to Ukraine frozen. Trump is starving Zelensky’s war machine and is giving Vlad 90 days to finish him off.
NOW CLAW BACK SOME BILLIONS!! Start looking into The Biden Crime Family BANK ACCOUNTS!! Offsahore ones, or the ones in Grandchildren’s names!
She does look wiggly.
Nope, not all aid.
US military aid is untouched, as is all EU aid.
The fight continues, as Russia’s economy fails.
Her at 50.
Trump shold have this negotiated within 30 days.
Here's a chance for both of them to do so.
>>>>Nope, not all aid.
US military aid is untouched, as is all EU aid.
The fight continues, as Russia’s economy fails.<<<<
Please provide a source for your statements, FOREIGNER.
How is its economy failing?
You just keep living in a fantasy world.
Even the Kiev Post reports foreign aid was suspended to Ukraine:
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/46014
US Freezes All Foreign Aid – Including Ukraine Funding – in Sweeping ‘America First’ Shift
Trump halts nearly all US foreign aid in surprise memo that appears to stop funding to Ukraine. Explicit exceptions allow only for military assistance to Israel and Egypt, and emergency food programs.
Russia wouldn’t be genocidally depopulating and destroying Ukraine if it was an economic power. It would be buying them. That is the reality. Live in your day dreams and fantasies if you wish.
Republicans pounce...
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