Trump and his allies plan to bury US aid in Ukraine

Nine months before the presidential elections, the influence of donald trump It can already be seen: the former president threatens, through his allies in Congress, this week to bury any future US aid to Venezuela. Ukraine.

The cold water fell minutes after the text, the result of several months of negotiations in the Senate, was made public.

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The project foresees 60 billion dollars for Ukraine and 14,000 million for Israel. It also contains a reform of the US immigration system, a hot topic in the election campaign, to which 20 billion are allocated.

Republicans have been calling for a stronger policy for months in the face of the arrival of a large number of migrants, many of them Latin Americans, at the country’s border. Mexico.

According to them, the text does not go far enough. michael johnsonleader of House of Representativesally of donald trumpcan “dead”.

“Horrible”

It doesn’t matter that the Democrats insist that it is the text.”harder” in decades on immigration policy or that has the support of the Democratic president Joe Bidencandidate for a second term.

In these negotiations, the last word goes to his predecessor and likely rival in November.

Without the support of Republicans in the House, most of whom are loyal to Donald Trump, the text will come to nothing.

To pass, this important bill must be approved by both houses of Congress.

Democrats have a majority in the Senate, but Republicans control the House.

In the two years since the war began, Congress has disbursed more than $110 billion. Now, many Republicans want to turn off the tap.

Most of them follow the guidelines of Donald Trump, who claims that if he were re-elected in November he would resolve the war between Russia and Ukraine “in 24 hours”, without explaining how.

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On Monday morning, the former leader stood firm.

Donald Trump knows that voting for an agreed text would be a victory for his Democratic rival.

“Only an idiot, or a radical left Democrat, would vote for this horrible border bill that only gives closure authority after 5,000 interceptions per day, when we already have the right to CLOSE THE BORDER NOW, which must be done”, he estimated on his Truth Social network.

“Do not be stupid!!! We need a stand-alone borders and immigration bill“Trump states in his message, in which he asks not to be linked”in any case to external aid”.

Border

On immigration issues, Trump leads his possible electoral rival, Joe Biden, in the polls.

“We don’t have enough (border) agents. We don’t have enough (immigration) judges. We need help. Why do not you help me?,” he asked on Monday, referring to Republicans.

The heated border debate diverts attention from Ukraine, even though the future of American aid to the country hangs in the balance.

The text presented on Sunday is one of the few that manages to obtain support from both parties.

This is why the possibility of taking action before November seems small, if not non-existent.

Since the beginning of the war, the Kremlin has been betting on a decrease in aid from the West, and any hesitation from Kiev’s allies reinforces its idea that it will win.

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U.S It is by far Ukraine’s main military support. It released its last tranche of military aid at the end of December.

They have been struggling for several months to disburse new funds, demanded by President Joe Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodimir Zelensky.

Zelensky’s last two visits to Washington, in September and December 2023, were unsuccessful.

Source: Elcomercio

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