Posted on 12/11/2023 8:08:38 AM PST by JonPreston
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address U.S. military officers at the National Defense University on Monday as part of a last-minute push to convince Congress to provide more money for weapons before funding runs out.
President Joe Biden has asked Congress for $61.4 billion for wartime funding for Ukraine as part of a $110 billion package that also includes money for Israel and other national security priorities. But the request is caught up in a debate over U.S. immigration policy and border security. The U.S. has already provided Ukraine $111 billion for its fight against Russia’s 2022 invasion.
On Tuesday, Zelenskyy is expected to go to Capitol Hill and to meet with Biden at the White House.
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Sorry the account is $33,906,971,573,930 in the red. You can’t withdraw any more cash.
IF you think it's bad now, just wait until the two bit dictator Zelenskyy demands we rebuild his country. And with HIS corrupt contractors working out the bids with Biden's family...
Zelenskyy(Wormtongue)speaking for Biden (King Theoden)!
Chad, I’ll be away for the afternoon. Would you be kind enough to give us your take on Dictator Grease Stain’s address to our military? Txs.
Zelensky faces impossible task ahead of meetings in Washington
Down to his last $2billion US tax dollars
By Lauren Fox, CNN.com, Mon December 11, 2023
pic-— Zelensky warned his military leadership against dabbling in the country’s politics, taking a jab at his top commander after tension between the two came to light. Photographer: Andrew Kravchenko/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The fate of billions in US tax dollars for Ukraine remains in limbo Monday morning even as President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to make a crucial pitch to senators and House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday.
Zelensky’s visit to Washington – his third since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 – is unlikely to shift a now cemented dynamic in Washington that Republicans, even those that back additional funding for Ukraine, aren’t willing to do more unless Democrats and the White House concede on major policy changes on the US southern border.
It’s a complicated moment for the White House, which has made the case again and again that Zelensky and his country are at a critical inflection point in their fight for Democracy. And yet, President Joe Biden’s administration may not be able to deliver the resources it has promised if a domestic, decades-long fight over immigration doesn’t rapidly yield a breakthrough soon.
Bottom Line: It’s more likely than not that Congress leaves at the end of this week without having passed additional aid, without a breakthrough on border policy and without a clear roadmap of how to ensure the funding passes in the thorny months ahead when a showdown over government spending, an impeachment inquiry and the presidential election are in full swing.
How much money is actually left?
As CNN reported last week, there is just about $2 billion still available in the eyes of the administration the US can send out. There is $4.8 billion left in the presidential drawdown authority, but that funding is used to send existing US stockpiles to Ukraine and the US only has about $1 billion left to replenish those stockpiles. There is then about $1 billion left in intelligence and defense surveillance funds.
Zelensky’s crucial meetings on Capitol Hill with Senators: Senators are well aware of the dynamics on the battlefield, Ukraine’s dire needs and the implications of congressional inaction could have on the long-term outlook of Democracy in Europe and around the world. It was the topic of a classified briefing last week and an issue that leaders on both sides don’t deny.
Republicans like Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, GOP Whip John Thune and other leaders like Sen. John Cornyn of Texas talk about it all of the time, but that has done little to impact their view that border security has to be part of any package for additional aid. Does that shift, soften or change? Not likely. Does it shift Democrats view of what they’d be willing to give on the border? We’ll see.
The speaker and Zelensky: Perhaps the most crucial meeting Tuesday will be the one between Johnson, the newly-minted speaker, and Zelensky. The last time Zelensky came to Washington, Kevin McCarthy was in the speaker position. Sensitive to the conservative backlash he could face for appearing too cozy with Zelensky, McCarthy avoided a photo opportunity in the hall and instead of escorting Zelensky to a meeting, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries did it. It was just a few weeks later, McCarthy lost his job all together. The speaker might be new, but the internal dynamics within the GOP conference remain unchanged.
“America has sent enough money to Ukraine. We should tell Zelensky to seek peace,” Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida tweeted Sunday.
Johnson has signaled that he is supportive of more aid to Ukraine, but has also made it clear to Senate leaders that the price for putting it on the House floor will be steep. Does a meeting with Zelensky, change the underlying dynamics of the moment? Unlikely.
Johnson can’t put a bill on the floor without strong border security and even then he still could lose dozens of GOP votes. But this is still a major opportunity for Zelensky to build a relationship with a speaker who still has some grace within his conference and who will ultimately determine in the months ahead – more than any other figure in Washington – whether Ukraine gets the US aid it believes is so crucial to its survival as a country.
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Because our military is using his military as proxies in the onset of WW3
I hope Zelensky remembered his beggars’ bowl.
Why is a foreign politician speaking to our military?
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I have never heard of such a thing!
Shouldn’t Zelensky be at home in Ukraine carrying a weapon and fighting for his country?
Give billions to the Ukraine Nazis and give the Patriot missile system to the Jews and stand back and watch but say we cant cross this line. Proxy wars only breed more wars. Exactly what the liberals want. That and to breed confusion to keep their opponent unbalanced.
“But we didnt realize that they were Nazis! It was the Ukraine not Germany!”
All the Americans that dont believe that Nazis even exist, deny the holocost, and still hate the Jews but hate HAMAS even more, after they realized that we have sent 30 Billion dollars to the Ukraine Nazis, and Israel just suffered the worst mass murder since 9-11.
Who is confused now? Do you give $$$ to the Israeli’s, muslims, or KEEP giving money to the Nazis? The liberals need to figure out who they hate the most. This crap looks REALLY BAD on the world stage.
No kidding. Its all for show to make it look like he just crawled out of a fox hole instead of a suit jacket and tie like he wears for everyone else.
All I see are shades of Castro and Che Guevara. Over 100 BILLION dollars have been laundered thru this Proxy war. Biden was doing this for 8 years at least with kickbacks being the number one qualification for the loan.
Biden: “I’ve had cr@ps bigger than that guy.”
So the CIC will address the Military, what's unusual about that?
Nicely Done!
I might think about him getting some money if he denounces Joe Biden. Exposes Biden corruption in Ukraine. Apologizes to Trump and tells people to vote for Trump. And ends that war.
I have nothing good to say/write about FReepers who support this.
Use your imagination…
I have never heard of such a thing! Why is Biden allowing
a discredited foreign politician to speak to our military?
Why is he smiling?
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