Imagine using these money to make something useful and not to fuel wars and dictatorships
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Can someone explain if the white house can do this, why didn't they do it before and we had to wade through partisan nonsense?
The White House had a budget previously approved by Congress for Pentagon operations, and that budget was not fully expended due to internal cost savings, giving the WH room to reallocate some of it. But this is just a drop in the bucket, Congress needs to act on the larger support package and provide dedicated funds for the effort.
Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. Politically it may cause issues. Diplomacy is usually the best route.
Wow, it's like you said nothing about anything.
You would make a great politician.
Partisan Debate?
You mean the GOP sabotaging Democracy again?
what the fuck has France got to do with it
Wasn’t expecting to laugh out loud here. Thank you for that
Stick an extra zero on that number and it might actually be enough.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The US will send $300m (£234m) in military weapons to Ukraine, including ammunition, rockets and anti-aircraft missiles, the White House has said.
The surprise announcement comes as a bill in Congress to send further aid to Ukraine stalls amid partisan debate.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said this aid "is nowhere near enough to meet Ukraine's battlefield needs".
The White House has been appealing to Congress for months to pass a budget that sends aid to Ukraine, as well as Israel and Taiwan.
Mr Johnson, an ally of Donald Trump, has said the House will vote on its own aid bill, but only after Congress passes a budget that overhauls the US immigration system.
Following the meeting, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told reporters that he hopes Mr Johnson "is already aware that, on his individual decision, depends the fate of millions of people".
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