Russia-Ukraine war: US House passes crucial aid deal worth $61bn | BBC News

The House of Representatives has finally approved billions of dollars in new US military aid for Ukraine to help combat Russia's invasion.
The much-delayed measure had vocal opponents in Congress and it took a fragile bipartisan deal to get the $61bn (£49bn) package through.
Republicans said more than a third would be dedicated to replenishing weapons and ammunition.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the US support as "vital".
The aid would keep the war from expanding and save thousands of lives, he added.
It is unclear when the aid will arrive, but reports suggest it could be within days. The package will now go to the Senate, which is expected to pass it before President Joe Biden signs it into law.
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[@juice6521]

61 billion to fund another country to fight your war for you? That's a bargain.

[@MrWannabeartist]

61 Billion that America doesn't have, trillions in debt.

[@gooseywhispers]

@@MrWannabeartist its not even 61 billion its mostly old cold war stock in storage, and America will be making money on tax revenue from new weapons manufacturing, and sales to countries rearming

[@car-nugget]

no bargain, paying our tax money to a country that we don’t care about is wild. How about raising our social security or fixing much needed infrastructure??

[@TimesFM4532]

​@MrWannabeartist yeah but trump tax cuts

[@MrWannabeartist]

@@gooseywhispers It clearly states 61 billion to murder innocents on both sides.

[@AndresGomez-ct7qb]

They also approved "aid" for Israel yesterday. Not seeing much mention of that, tho.

[@joesterling4299]

There's plenty of talk about that too, just not here. This is the more eye-catching story, because US aid for Israel has never been controversial or challenged in Congress. Only aid to Ukraine has been a sticking point for months.

[@user-nj4pt2yh5z]

Well looks like Ukraine have triple than Israel

[@jamesferguson2353]

@@user-nj4pt2yh5z Israel has gotten a fortune over the years

[@Sifat_Rashid]

​@@joesterling4299But in UN council this has been an issue that they discuss, right?

[@FoodwaysDistribution]

well they approved aid to both nazi countries on Hitlers birthday......

[@spacemonkey200]

Here in the UK the government gave £750 Billion to the banks in 2008. We had 10 years of austerity and high taxes to pay off the banks debts. They gave £250 Billion to the EU over the same time and then £500 Billion on covid. But now there is no money for the sick and disabled.

[@tasreasfatemsa8266]

Seems democracy doesn't work

[@AahFukIt]

There's allways money for war. Only reason congress passed the bill, is AIPAC's influence in America. 26 billion is for Israel!

[@muuuuuud]

Brexit was the testing ground for the social media propaganda attacks on the west. They got the UK to hurt itself and weakened itself and the EU in the process, always be suspicious of weird so called "populist" movements.

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

sick and disabled dont pay tax dollars into the economy anyways, be glad you not in russia or you would be sleeping on the streets and eating dog food.

[@MrWannabeartist]

And no prosperity hope for the majority voter either. The voter never asked for any of this stupidity. Basically they say, put your own country first.

[@Robert-xy4xi]

Playing down not saying much that Israel has received billions in aid!

[@abdikatar8410]

Approving Aid so that they can defend themselves against children and women. 🤣🤣🤣. Israel controlled western media won't talk expose their shame.

[@MrWannabeartist]

Much smaller than Ukraine, Taiwan also got billions.

[@hmmmmm2634]

@@MrWannabeartistYour point? Does it make it ok to fund a genocide? Explain please

[@hizzlemobizzle]

Didn't they split the aid packages? This package is not for Israel that's a separate issue.

[@Daxter250]

@@hizzlemobizzle exactly! that guy is just doing whataboutism. ukraine bill was HR 8035 whereas israels bill was HR 8034. those numbers can be googled.

[@roo1871]

The US Department of Defense said about 1,600 auditors worked on the 2023 audit, which cost $187 million. The pentagon was able to account for just over half of it 4 trillion dollar budget for the year. They spent 187 million dollars to auditors just to learn they "misplaced" a couple trillion dollars. What's another few hundred billion on top of that for Ukraine.

[@beasley1232]

The US government, especially Congress makes me SICK their job is supposed to regulate the economy and they can’t even do that. But they can send BILLIONS UPON BILLIONS to other nations….

[@lightofthetruth6933]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGSugZSVhMuVe9k Infinite dollar... That is what BRICS want to control....

[@AlyssaScarlett-kc6jr]

God bless America, hey friend how are you doing.?

[@Gumpmachine1]

The pentagon doesn’t have a 4 trillion budget. It’s about 8-900 billion per year. What you’re talking about is it’s assets and liabilities, not its income

[@johnnyenglish583]

@@Gumpmachine1 you're confusing him with all these words that are longer than two syllables :-))) Clearly, he can't tell his arse from his elbow and you want him to know the difference between a budget and a balance sheet? :)

[@SirRobinDeSway]

The patient is dying….the onlookers do everything they can to prolong his suffering….for reasons unfathomably cruel.

[@andrewalderman9489]

Yes, Russia is even putting children in factories

[@user-fh5eo3zb5w]

Wars, money, greed...

[@niblet112]

Yep fund all sides and profit. It’s textbook

[@DacianRider]

tell it to Putler

[@niblet112]

@@DacianRider he’s not funding all sides. 🇺🇸 gave 🇮🇷 6 billion

[@Tom-hr7gk]

Yes that’s the United States for you

[@robertwingate2446]

You just summed up trump in 3 words.

[@zackjohnson9204]

The crazy thing is that the US knows that no amount of money will change the outcome

[@monipenny408]

Clearly, this isn't about winning any war, it is about prolonging the war whilst billions and billions are laundered. Welcome to corporate capitalism, the best system that money can buy! I wonder how many realized that A!PAC owns the US and UK govts!

[@foxmercuryearthylog120]

Oh look, a Russian bot.

[@tadghsmith1457]

Russia has only advanced at most 7 kilometres in 6 months and that was while Ukraine was running low on ammunition. Enough money will certainly stabilise the front.

[@jkfdkjjd]

Yeah but if the US gives more money Russia will lose faster its very humanitarian in a way

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

it makes the war more expensive for putin with his reserve fund all used up. so with russian economy failing all they have to do is let inflation do the damage to the russian economy as the rouble weakens. inflation is why the ussr went kaput lol.

[@NichoTBE]

They better use it wisely as its likely the last, next year it will be very hard to pass.

[@muuuuuud]

trump cant stay awake in court at 10 in the morning, he won't have a second term. He barely got a first one in, golfing a third of it away..

[@TonyM540]

Naa

[@wolvo5441]

@@muuuuuudas opposed to biden falling asleep mid interviews.

[@dmartin23]

Given they have held Russia back all this time ide say they use it

[@ManuelSalasM]

they wisely steal it. Giving money to the most corrupt kleptocracy in Europe is like giving it to a junkie and asking him not to spend it on drugs. But it wont make any difference on the war.

[@Redblacksneaks]

They can afford many Homeless, starving, dying AMERICAN PEOPLE but US giving billions for other countries. Wow! Poor Americans who are suffering.

[@johnnyenglish583]

This money isn't going anywhere. It goes into ramping up defence production here in the USA. It's already created hundreds of jobs and opened new production lines because we're mostly giving Ukraine older equipment and munitions (which otherwise we would soon have to pay to dispose of) while producing brand new stuff for our military.

[@rockyyams]

@@johnnyenglish583What you Americans are doing is sowing the seeds of war. And it's only a matter of time before you harvest. Sorrounded by 2 oceans huh? Babylon.

[@atilasatilmis9986]

@@johnnyenglish583 it's still allocating labor for weapons production which doesn't increase Johnny's life standard. Every state the USA occupied after WWII (Japan, Germany...) have much higher income than the USA and its citizens still claiming they are doing the right things. It's a great achievement of the USA mass media at perception management of Americans. Trump explained this before in a direct way from a business mans point of view: Americans invest much to manipulate politics in foreign countries but gets less.

[@johnnyenglish583]

@@atilasatilmis9986 it increases Johnny's living standard because it creates jobs for Johnny, and Johnny can spend money buying things to improve his living standard, which also means taxes going to the state and federal budget, which is then spent on different things, some of which make Johnny's living standard better (like the infrastructure for example). Anyway being the leading superpower costs money. It's always been the case. Maintaining the British Empire cost the British Crown more than it got from customs duties and taxes. The USA isn't doing badly, anyway. Look at Russia, where 30% of the national budget is being spent on the war, while 28% of its population have no access to running water and about 30% have to shit outdoors because they have no indoor toilets. I'm not saying the situation in the US is perfect - it surely isn't. But somehow it's Russians and Chinese that are flocking to live in the USA, not the other way around. For all its problems, the US remains a very affluent and relatively free country compared to the other superpowers.

[@akselmani]

US citizens and businesses received several Trillions in total during the C19 pandemic. Yet you think 61Bn will magically fix the homelessness and poverty. What a dunce.

[@michaelhenault1444]

🇺🇲 Churchill put it accurately, "in the end, the Americans do the right thing."

[@marcelcheetham2999]

Not our war

[@jeanclaudejunior]

Oh hell yes it is everyone's war, fool

[@niblet112]

@@jeanclaudejuniorthe United States of 🇺🇦

[@jeanclaudejunior]

@@niblet112 Oh shut up

[@niblet112]

@@jeanclaudejunior 🤣 your salty tears taste beautiful.

[@karlmoxon3691]

Iraq and afghan weren't uk or eu war, America should be paying us back.

[@damianseymour7529]

When will u realise America got no money 31 trillion in debt America is done for

[@emilunuyy9818]

😂😂😂😂 come take them if you can 😂😂😂😂

[@damianseymour7529]

@@emilunuyy9818 I don't need to America military gone woke got no men your banks got no money try withdraw 10.000 your be told no you sold all your diesel you got open boards with a pedophile in charge you finished

[@jokerj641]

Then why is Putin so scared? Lol

[@MrWannabeartist]

@@jokerj641 Putin is not affected, but innocent ordinary people are. The sanctions are only working on the innocent, not Russia on the whole.

[@hagaycohen866]

US GDP is $28T a year and growing. Most People are 10 times more leveraged. US treasury bond rates are lower than the Fed rate. It make sense take on debt,

[@kevinhamilton1177]

aid deal to ukraine means money to the weapons manufacturers, and where are they, in america of course

[@TonyM540]

Exactly, so jobs and tax money back to US economy. It’s a win win.

[@ryanchapman3239]

Which part of america? Why is it bad?

[@MoofyYT]

@@TonyM540 yes but there is a huge disinformation campaign to make the less informed Americans believe that this money is just handed without terms straight to the pockets of Ukrainian politicians. It's absolutely not!

[@JackTheAverage]

Supporting our allies, weakening our adversaries and helping American businesses in one go, wow sounds like it's positives all around

[@solareclipse9379]

​@@JackTheAverage it's called warcrime and terroristic aid in Civilised World.

[@whiteknob7944]

Stop giving our money to other countries please.

[@zoy13]

​@WonderMonkey-xp3xk Stop being an overly judgment

[@garystorey]

Shit like this, is why they took away visible dislikes

[@foxmercuryearthylog120]

Oh look, a Russian bot.

[@Melior_Traiano]

Because your comment would have many of them.

[@avex3903]

​@@foxmercuryearthylog120say the nato bot🤭

[@garystorey]

@@foxmercuryearthylog120 Everyone's a Russian bot if they don't agree with you, right ? 🤡

[@YouTubecanbitemyhairybanger]

​@@Melior_Traianono,it really wouldn't not all of us supoort Nazi dictatorships like you

[@martyndavid2094]

Crazy , we are totally broke in the U.K. yet 62 billion is spent on weapons

[@jagermantis]

Huh? 😂 this has nothing to do with the uk, what are you talking about?

[@jimmylavc561]

This is a US resolution, nothing to do with the UK.....

[@tott598]

@@jagermantis what else would you expect from someone from the UK? 😅

[@davidchabashvili6848]

​@@jagermantis troll malfunctioned 😂

[@oneshothunter9877]

Great Brexit complaining about other countries' money. Hilarious. 😀

[@michaelgreen398]

Total aid passed 95 billion from a country 74 trillion in debt😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ytsux9259]

As long as it's for defeating Poot, I'm fine with it.

[@Traderking1990]

​@@ytsux9259Yes, that will solve our 10 million starving homeless.

[@jaredmishear3630]

First off... it's 34 trillion in debt. LOL! And the US has a annual GDP of 25trillion+... Soooo?? 🤣

[@rennyhonselaar2376]

Which means nothing. The Country will always be in debt.

[@tombrazy12hunnit]

$200 Billions couldn’t win over Russia but this $60 Billions suppose win? 🤣😂🤷‍♂️

[@Dave-gy5mv]

Notice how the US waited until it was Hitlers birthday before they gave Ukraine the cash? That little something extra special that means so much to the Azov boys.

[@JessicaD.-vb9ho]

Also the Queens birthday though.

[@robmule4647]

🤣 it's a mockery that is lost on the 📺🐑

[@daran0815]

@@JessicaD.-vb9ho As well as only about another 300 million others.

[@Wildlifewatcher69]

The brainrot in this comment section is insane

[@itsjustchris3306]

When is this gonna end ?

[@ryanchapman3239]

Putin's buds become not so friendly as life gets not so nice.

[@flopoz2575]

When Russian troops return to Russia.

[@Legend-lc9bv]

@@ryanchapman3239that’s not gonna happen though

[@MrWannabeartist]

When both sides of innocent people are killed.

[@briansilver6196]

When the west stops sending weapons to Ukraine because Russia will keep this war going for a decade

[@JessicaD.-vb9ho]

Did they ever find out what happened to that 40 million Zelensky said was stolen? Lol

[@blackout07blue]

I’m sure

[@ralphbernhard1757]

US veterans, homeless and sleeping on the streets, will surely approve 👍👍

[@oneshothunter9877]

It i not money sent. It is old weapons, mostly. That aside, it is not gifts. Lend-lease.

[@felipe-vibor]

​@@oneshothunter9877how old is himars, javelins, atacms, nasams, jdams?

[@ralphbernhard1757]

@@oneshothunter9877 Spot the imperialist.

[@dogpoofairy2517]

​@@oneshothunter9877 didn't Biden give all the old weapons to the Taliban?

[@heartpaid6767]

​@@ralphbernhard1757he isnt russian, your comment is wrong.

[@terminatort-sf5xm]

Yet there are so many homeless people living on the street in the USA, priorities LOOL

[@JackTheAverage]

I don't think giving a homeless person an old tank is going to help if I'm being honest

[@tasreasfatemsa8266]

Don't worry,who cares

[@foxmercuryearthylog120]

Oh look, a Russian bot.

[@euphoriaggaminghd]

​@@JackTheAveragetbf you could live in a tank like an RV

[@slevenkelevra3813]

The same people who speak of the homeless are usually the same ones that wouldn't offer them a dime, the same ones who want to end free school lunches for children. It's a talking point but "they really don't care.

[@rednoterecords198]

Say no. Our "representatives " are reprehensible.

[@nsebast]

I am 100% sure they are going to pass it. You can count on America's goverment to give taxpayers' money to go into American corporations and politicians pocket.

[@02markcal]

It will cost the American taxpayers a lot more in the long run if we don't support Ukraine.

[@MrWannabeartist]

Unfortunately, already passed by Rhinos and Democrats.

[@lancethrust9488]

@@02markcal LOL I DONT THINK SO , PUTINS FOR FREEDOM , THE NEW WORLD ORDER ARE FOR TAKING FREEDOMS AWAY USING THE CLIMATE HOAX AGENDA

[@grahamhunt2417]

Does that go straight to the arms dealers or Blackrock

[@roo1871]

Split a few ways, some for the big guy, some for Zelensky's retirement fund, and the rest goes to Blackrock

[@niblet112]

The democratic donors get most of it.

[@DacianRider]

keep seething ruzzbots !

[@niblet112]

The donors of the administration get most of it. Funding wars is very very profitable

[@techtech4217]

It goes straight to the jewish overlords - Jackob Rothchield's successors.

[@davehue9517]

Still more than a decade later, too many European countries are not meeting their 2% NATO minimum military spending commitment....time for all to quit the excuses

[@Shokkwavez]

America promised pen-on-paper to support Ukraine for as long it needs the help, so if America breaks their promise (Like Russia did) Ukraine is technically free to produce nuclear weapons again.

[@iq-ride9329]

This is money that we do not have. I do hot borrow money to give to charity, so why should we borrow money to support criminal/ unethical wars?

[@rayjay5836]

LOl the money didn't go to Russia.

[@iq-ride9329]

@@rayjay5836 Russia is not the only criminal in that war. Look up AZOF

[@iq-ride9329]

@@bonnie7898 Are you familiar with what causes Inflation? Our Dollar value is decreasing each time we raise the debt ceiling. This money is coming out of our debt.

[@philippusgouws7852]

Remember Nuland said most of the money is spend in America , a 1 dollar bullet cost 100 dollars in America

[@r200ti]

yeh its a farce. Even if they keep most of it, it goes into a washing machine. As you say, $100 in, $1 product out. And its not like the $99 goes back into the system, its gets pushed out to 'special funds', 'Shareholders', 'special projects' etc. And the US is wondering why Russia is kicking there arses and China is strutting around like it owns the place. Our greed has come round big time.

[@jay26cee]

Yep, Mitch McConnell in the US Senate says the aid money will be spent in the US. Talk about legalised money laundering.

[@jkfdkjjd]

@@jay26cee Yeah, more like average government subsidies for business tailored to a current global situation. You know like EVs or coal mines?

[@slevenkelevra3813]

The money is spent in America , but the blood is spent elsewhere.

[@slevenkelevra3813]

​@@jay26ceeRepublicans spent decades allowing the "corporate takeover" (also known as lobbing or bribing) of America so what do you expect? I may not like Elizabeth Warren but she did say that when monopolies are allowed to form you have "no choice but to pay whatever price they set.

[@billienomates1606]

It is not $61 billion just for Ukraine, Israel gets the largest chunk and Gaza gets the smallest amount, typical.

[@MrWannabeartist]

FALSE! The total was 95 billion, and most of it to Ukraine. 61 billion$

[@retrohaggis7969]

Gaza should get none

[@MrWannabeartist]

@@retrohaggis7969 And especially Ukraine

[@masterchinese28]

$61 bln for Ukraine, $26 bln for Israel, $8 bln for Taiwan.

[@LoveForBluebirds]

Can you delete your obviously wrong comment? As other replies already state, it's 61 billion for Ukraine alone.

[@williamkinkade2538]

Churchill once said that Americans can be counted on doing the right thing after trying everything else.

[@joesterling4299]

And indeed we finally did back then, to the great relief of the great Mr Churchill.

[@AW-zk5qb]

no way you are spinning this as "finally America does what it needs to" as if the US is not by far the biggest supporter of Ukraine, and America is not the ONLY reason Ukraine has not capitulated yet. Despite the Russian invasion of Ukraine being on Europe's doorstep, the US has provided by far the most military aid to Ukraine, without which, Russia would have already conquered Ukraine. Europeans like to stay at the sidelines and watch the US do the heavy lifting and dirty work, benefit from US actions, while also criticizing the US for actions in very complicated, difficult situations

[@icu17siberia]

Churchill also said "Being saturated and satiated with emotion and sensation, I went to bed and slept the sleep of the saved and thankful," he wrote in his own history of WW2 after Pearl Harbor

[@lukaskaranikitas8065]

Why is it that the US always has to clean up Europe’s mess? World War I, World War II, and this war? Why is it that Europe starts these incredibly destructive wars but needs America to finish them? A little bit of gratitude and grace from the Europeans would be nice, because who knows what language they would be speaking without the Americans.

[@lukaskaranikitas8065]

And the English always do the right thing? How about returning the Rosetta Stone and Elgin Marbles?

[@robcoghill1676]

Why doesn't Congress dress up iin military costumes and get over there!

[@jackt883]

Why don't you get a real job rather than being a paid russian shill on KZbin.

[@heartpaid6767]

Why dont you go over there if you want people to keep dying?

[@bromion5123]

No , they will fly their little Ukranian flags on thick luxurious congress carpets.

[@Morning404]

That's what armies are for. Keep up kid.

[@jackt883]

Calm down Moscow Marjorie.

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

Zelensky, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements. Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time.

[@thomashayhurst6547]

Small issue with both your points. Russia broke both Minsk Agreements the second they were signed and they essentially screwed the negotiations over after the world found out about Bucha. Tldr: it's all on Russia

[@maxxar92]

Who invaded who ?

[@user-th7gd7ge4p]

@@maxxar92 talking iraq lybia or serbia?

[@AlyssaScarlett-kc6jr]

God bless America, hey friend how are you doing.?

[@johntaylor3298]

@@maxxar92 Guess what, Russia has the right to denazify any country that was once part of the Soviet Union, "Fact" It is in the UN charter. That is why it is called a "Special Military Operation" Our media has kept Nazism out of view for ten years now, before that it was well known. There are many videos of Ukrainian children chanting sieg heil and idolising Stepan Bandera. It is also ironic that the aid was passed on Adolf Hitlers birthday.

[@michaelhernandez3041]

America is outraged that Moscow marge voted against the bipartisan border bill so trump can have it as a campaign issue.

[@blackout07blue]

Trump literally doesn’t think that far ahead. He thinks of himself only and how whoever last praised him or not.

[@branimirsalevic5092]

If $150 billion bought you 500 thousand Ukrainian lives, additional $61billion should buy you another 200 thousand, give or take.

[@rennyhonselaar2376]

every life counts

[@ec6052]

About the equivalent of Russias annual budget..

[@brandonlance3601]

Problem is Russia gets one artillery shell for around 1/8 the cost we do. The same goes for most other equipment and munitions. Ukraine will need at least a trillion to actually eject Russia. Even with that its doubtful..

[@ec6052]

@@brandonlance3601 But the problem with that is that they're only 1/8 as reliable and with generals putting half of the funding into their yacht payments. Then you get 40 mile long convoys bogged down because you bought tires off Temu to save a dollar... Anyone know why there's a child explaining my job to me?

[@ec6052]

@@brandonlance3601 Or when a $75k shoulder fired rocket sinks your $750 million dollar flagship. Now do "yer figgurin"... Our weapon was 0.01% the cost. So with your (lack of) logic, Russia will need 10,000 times as much money as us to be as effective.. 60,000,000,000 x10,000 on just this one package would mean Russia needs 6,000,000,000,000,000. 6 quadrillion dollars! Now do you realize how $+up!d you sound to people who understand war?

[@ec6052]

@brandonlance3601 Or when a $75k shoulder fired rocket sinks your $750 million dollar flagship. Now do "yer figgurin"... Our weapon was 0.01% the cost. So with your (lack of) logic, Russia will need 10,000 times as much money as us to be as effective.. 60,000,000,000 x10,000 on just this one package would mean Russia needs 6,000,000,000,000,000. 6 quadrillion dollars! Now, do you realize how simple you sound to people who understand war?

[@ec6052]

@@brandonlance3601 Or when a $75k shoulder fired rocket sinks your $750 million dollar flagship. Now do "yer figgurin"... Our weapon was 0.01% the cost. So with your (lack of) logic, Russia will need 10,000 times as much money as us to be as effective.. 60,000,000,000 x10,000 on just this one package would mean Russia needs 6,000,000,000,000,000. 6 quadrillion dollars! Now, do you realize how simple you sound to people who understand war?

[@davidknight2104]

The Military Industrial Complex 💰💰💰

[@niblet112]

Yep, they are making billions for there donors. Create conflicts, fund both sides and profit.

[@andrewalderman9489]

The Russia one ?

[@davidknight2104]

@@andrewalderman9489 American, they are supplying the arms

[@icu17siberia]

Rostec...

[@Wildlifewatcher69]

Based America moment

[@_Saint_gaming]

Yet they can’t do anything about the homeless.

[@joysboy6588]

🇮🇱🇺🇸🇬🇧🇵🇸🇩🇪🇪🇺🇮🇱"On her way to work one morning, Down the path alongside the lake, A tender-hearted woman saw a poor half-frozen snake. His pretty-colored skin had been all frosted with the dew. Oh well, she cried, “I’ll take you in and I'll take care of you. Take me in oh tender woman, Take me in, for heaven's sake, Take me in oh tender woman, sighed the snake. She wrapped him up all cozy in a curvature of silk And then laid him by the fireside with some honey and some milk . Now she hurried home from work that night as soon as she arrived. She found that pretty snake she’d taken in had been revived. Take me in, oh tender woman , Take me in, for heaven’s sake, Take me in oh tender woman, sighed the snake. Now she clutched him to her bosom, You’re so beautiful, she cried. But if I hadn’t brought you in by now you might have died. Now she stroked his pretty skin and then she kissed and held him tight . But instead of saying thanks, that snake gave her a vicious bite. Take me in, oh tender woman, Take me in, for heaven’s sake, Take me in oh tender woman, sighed the snake. I saved you, cried that woman. And you've bit me even, why? You know your bite is poisonous and now I’m going to die. Oh shut up, silly woman, said the reptile with a grin, You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in, Take me in, oh tender woman"🇮🇱🇺🇸🇬🇧🇵🇸🇩🇪🇪🇺🇮🇱 Donald J Trump, 2016 - A Make America Great Again speech

[@ytsux9259]

Putin and the GOP will not be happy about this. Lol

[@mbonisenimutaheli1204]

What about already hundreds of thousands of troops already dead in ukraine.....ukraine as a battle ground will cost more destruction and civilians death in ukraine.... Thanks to USA the sht show continues

[@Weahcyrus]

60b won’t change the outcome of the war 😂

[@heartpaid6767]

Theyre already getting mad, sending tons of orcbots to this comment section alone lol

[@FoodwaysDistribution]

They were waiting for Hitlers birthday to approve the money for ukraine, no nazis in ukraine, 🤣🤣🤣

[@blackout07blue]

lol. wut? Was not Hitler’s birthday. Now get back to Hitler Putin and Nazi Russia.

[@PinstripePride85]

I don’t mind helping Ukraine at all. But my problem here at home is we are helping all these countries while ours goes to 💩.

[@guybennett3563]

Chinese don't need TikTok.They've got president Biden and his son

[@jokerj641]

Yet it's Trump that had secret Chinese bank accounts an his daughter getting 18 trademark deals done on the same day Trump visited Xi about the trade war. Not to mention the Chinese banks that were in the Trump Tower for a decade lol Jared Kushner getting 2 billion dollars from Saudi Arabia for ignoring what the Saudis did to that journalist.

[@ELCLAVE300]

Facts

[@blackout07blue]

What does that even mean? Trump literally sucks off the Chinese dictator all the time.

[@lonniehhenson7925]

NO THEY GOT TRUMP AND IS FAMILY WHERE'S EVIDENCE AGAINST BIDEN PROVE IT STOP REGURGITATING WHAT COMES OUT OF TRUMPS SEWER😁😁😁

[@cohen855]

This shows people don't have any interest now otherwise the American people would just stand together

[@MrWannabeartist]

Stand together? Its split. Democrats 40% Trump's Republicans 60%. Trump is back November.

[@MrWannabeartist]

Same as UK split 50/50. The mainstream media prefer it that way,

[@franciscouderq1100]

When was the last time Americans stand together, at Biden ‘s election ?

[@ImmuneToTrollHate]

@@MrWannabeartist keep dreaming

[@ImmuneToTrollHate]

The majority of Americans have always supported Ukraine It was Mike Johnson refusing to allow an aid bill to come to the House floor because he knew it would pass with an overwhelming majority that has held up aid for so long He is only bowing to the will of the people now because it became clear that Republicans are going to take a beating in the November elections unless they actually start to govern

[@happymelon7129]

2024-4-21 (IMF) warns that the huge U.S. fiscal deficit is exacerbating inflation and posing "significant risks" to the global economy. The latest "Fiscal Monitor Report" released by the IMF shows that the U.S. fiscal deficit is expected to reach 7.1% of gross domestic product (GDP) next year, while the average level of other developed economies is only 2%. The Financial Times quoted an IMF report as saying that large-scale U.S. spending could have a profound impact on the global economy and pose risks to other economies. Therefore, the United States urgently needs to solve the serious imbalance between expenditure and revenue.

[@icu17siberia]

so, global economy depends on internal US policy? China says "no"

[@michaelhernandez3041]

They didn't ban the app...they are asking it be sold to a didifferent company.

[@the.magnus]

Sold to a chinaman with an American passport, nothing will change lol.

[@ybag9909]

now they will start crying for new package

[@foxmercuryearthylog120]

Their country is being invaded, and this package was delayed for 6 months. What's your problem?

[@foxmercuryearthylog120]

Oh look, a Russian bot.

[@satoshikamiya4636]

Russian bot 🤖

[@MacDoogal7002]

Yeah they better start now as long as it takes some ppl to understand that all the waiting amounted to unknown deaths and loss of position on the battlefield

[@j.ceasar]

blame russia

[@mdsami85]

America's double standards have been completely exposed😮

[@Tehui1974]

The double standards have always been known. Look at how the US enables Israel.

[@heartpaid6767]

Russia's*

[@ukisa3rdworld586]

​@@heartpaid6767learn history. You'll know that this war is impossible for upa-ine

[@cafe1234arsenal]

@@heartpaid6767 Replacing one word with another doesn't change reality, friend.

[@foxmercuryearthylog120]

Oh look, a Russian bot.

[@teflerchina.2987]

It is not really going to Ukraine but the big U.S corporations and the Military industrial complex that provide the weapons.

[@skarhabekgreyrukh8601]

for 150 patriot missile? this is ripoff

[@Melior_Traiano]

It is called a free market economy. The West has tried to tell you about this since the end of the Cold War, but instead you wanted to follow the dream of rebuilding Imperial Russia, because that worked out so well last time.

[@pallascat1743]

Exactly. This has always been the case with aid. There have always been strings attached such as buying US or UK weapons or getting dibs on access to natural resources. It's about directing public money into private pockets.

[@muuuuuud]

Wanna talk about the russian military industrial complex? I doubt it. :D

[@TonyM540]

Good.

[@bryankarumaithibu8614]

I wish American would be this generous to aid hungry dying Africans

[@icu17siberia]

Africa has allied with Russia, who will end poverty there within 3 years...don't worry

[@user-rg7uh9se4c]

OT: Benny Hill considered funnier than Monty Python by two TV stations --WOR and WLVI!

[@vasik9719]

That's what makes America great: support democracy!

[@alex-E7WHU]

Supporting nazzis actually.

[@soapmonkey6357]

​@alex-you are a touch simple arent you Alex?

[@zaidal-hindawi1784]

Yeah support “democracy” with billions in loans that can’t be paid off 😂

[@shamanahaboolist]

Yeah... "Democracy" and "freedom" by the grains and megatons.

[@diegomorata2885]

Which democracy? Usa is most hated country in history right now

[@user-hc8ki1rl4t]

Russia will survive as a Chinese client state, with its economy subject to Beijing’s needs. The subsequent “sinicisation” of the Russian economy, coupled with the country’s demographic decline, would open Russia to Chinese immigration. Perhaps, in a generation or two southern Siberia would be mostly populated by ethnic Chinese people.

[@Infopirates]

Get your pills 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@johnadam2885]

All wishful thinking - born out of spite, caused by the mortification of defeat.

[@oneshothunter9877]

Xi playing the long game. Looking north towards Vladivostok, ancient Chinese lands. Lots of minerals that China lacks.

[@user-hc8ki1rl4t]

@@johnadam2885 Nah, China is collapsing. Another century of humiliation.

[@Infopirates]

@@oneshothunter9877 Russia has 6000 brand new hypersonic nukes😁

[@goodtimes2634]

Absolutely disgusting 😡

[@TonyM540]

The speed that congress moves you need to foreword another bill for next year.

[@MrWannabeartist]

It was stalled by the sensible opposition. Unfortunately that opposition has Rhinos, and their speaker let them down. Now this speaker, Johnson, will be removed, causing more delay.

[@namur-iq6ih]

Expectations that the U.S. will be able to resolve artillery shell and air defense missile shortages by throwing more money at the problem is not realistic at all and we found this out two years ago with news of the real rates of U.S. artillery, ammunition and missile production. The U.S. defense production system is not oriented to high volumes of lower value items, but low volumes of high-cost units along with a lifetime of maintenance and logistics support with upgrades. The U.S. aside, Europe is in no financial position economically to deal with the Ukrainian crisis over the long term either. They’ve got their own problems now as a result of this crisis and try to come back economically and politically and regain the quality of life that they had before. But right now, Europe’s in a recession. They’ve cut off their energy sources. And it’s going to take a long time and a lot of capital to regain some semblance of that. What they had before they will not be able to replicate on any near-term basis. Europe has got its problems, and the U.S. has got its problems, and they are trying to resuscitate a dead dog (Zelensky regime.)

[@jackt883]

@@MS-lk4xc The russian bot accounts are doing their very best to make this sound like it isn't an issue. But deep down it's a huge issue for russia. They are literally sending people on assaults on quad bikes and old ural trucks now. This will stop those dead.

[@namur-iq6ih]

@@MS-lk4xc House Speaker Mike Johnson indicated that only a fraction, approximately $12-14 billion, would directly provide weapons to Ukraine. A substantial portion, around 80%, would benefit U.S. defense industries. U.S. involvement in the ongoing proxy conflict in Ukraine was only prolonging the standoff. The collapse of Ukraine is inevitable, despite the U.S. aid bill. These scenes of celebration are going to look particularly foolish when Ukraine collapses anyway. The federal government can print more money; it can’t just print more artillery shells and air defense missiles. Iraq and Afghanistan wars also began with annual appropriations in the $60B range. Those wars ended up costing trillions. Simple math showed that the new funding bill could do no more than possibly buy Ukraine precisely half of a Summer Counteroffensive. And, of course, everyone knows full well how that much-heralded counteroffensive attempt ended up last year, limited battlefield achievements coupled with massive manpower and hardware losses. The U.S. should cut a deal and seek detente with Russia to provide a baseline for world peace.

[@TonyM540]

If Europe is in a recession then it’s the mildest one I’ve ever been in. Full employment, low interest rates, low inflatio best wages I’ve had in 30yrs.

[@MrLaughablecomedy]

100% facts

[@jamesl9371]

Tax the rich Tax the billionaires and corporations

[@ChoccyChipCookE]

And the churches!

[@willone8754]

Foreign Countries First Before Our Own…That’s quite interesting

[@ruzasuka]

61 billions is nothing compared to the US economy

[@john404201]

Has our aid been approved yet for the American people. We need some financial help too.

[@happymelon7129]

Yellen should lecture them the $ printer has overcapacity.

[@Gecko17k]

Every American should be furious that the USA is supporting it's own interests in Europe? Why? Certainly, secure the southern border with China I mean Mexico, but help Europe support the Ukraine too. Not because its the right thing to do (it is) But because it's good for the USA and its allies.

[@2afreedom60]

I'm freaking enraged.

[@03056932]

It's good for the Anglo American elite, and the opposite for their populations. Key distinction.

[@roo1871]

You're misinformed. Being at war with Russia is not good for USA and it's allies, how many billions will the world give Ukraine to fight Russia? Russia manufactures MORE ammunition, artillery rounds, and military equipment in general THAN ALL OF NATO COUNTRIES COMBINED!!!!!! Plus they have people on the frontline. Ukrainians are fleeing at an astonishing rate, 61 billion dollars is not going to help.

[@Tom-hr7gk]

Well your the first American I came across with a brain cell 😅

[@Silvercp28]

It's either in Ukraine or a European country with American soldiers on the ground. Which would you pick? I'm pretty sure Europe needs the U.S. if Russia invades a NATO country.

[@lawrencenjue2731]

Slava Ukraine 💪💪💪💪💪

[@MrWannabeartist]

Slava innocent lives on both sides being murdered by weapon suppliers.

[@bnope5t]

F Ukraine

[@lawrencenjue2731]

@@MrWannabeartist the aggressor bears the whole burden... No questions about tht,,, ptin is bloodthirst and dictators or understand force. Ukraine is fighting fir survival, ptin is fighting to delete Ukraine from the map. Whether you use Kantian deontology or Mills utilitilianism ptin is wrong.

[@jdoe3006]

Rather support Ukraine than let send your own troops in Eastern Europe when Russia invades Eastern Europe

[@kambat4642]

“These missiles and guns will save many lives” can you see the contradiction?

[@MrWannabeartist]

Murder you mean, prolongation increasing this mass murder by American Democrats.

[@chemophile14]

😂 such a stupid

[@teaching-learning]

Well they will save lives on one side and end others on the other side.

[@TheAbortionWhoLived]

But like, the Russians are using this logic

[@sababugs1125]

I guess you hate the cops too

[@cohen855]

And when the 61 billion goes what next I feel sorry for the American people

[@MrWannabeartist]

Don't feel sorry for the stupid Democrat government.

[@1martinjom]

Yeah! Because European NATO members are so POOR that they cannot fund to repel the advance of the Russians on the grounds of Ukraine. It has to be The United States of America (USA) ever since WW2.

[@ghostlightx9005]

Not as sorry as you'll feel for them if russia wins in Ukraine.

[@beasley1232]

The aid to Ukraine/Israel as well as the TikTok ban bill is the reason Trump will win the 2024 elections

[@ankamafan]

Bot thing aside, old military tech will be compensated, used to create more jobs and weapons to US citizens, with comments like these i feel sorry to people who cant google and fact check things.

[@PlayerAfricanChieften]

not gonna help a damn thing, sorry to disappoint you

[@fredkite9330]

You live in an African Dictatorship? That would explain your misguided comment.

[@PlayerAfricanChieften]

@@fredkite9330 my friend, in the UK you can get arrested for a "mean tweet" hahhahah, your land is hell on earth. London is the stab*ing capital of the world.

[@sashaparavdin378]

​@@fredkite9330you live with your mum being an adult ? That explains your stupidity

[@jeanclaudejunior]

@PlayerAfricanChieften LOL You Africans really need both Holocaust and Holodomor education

[@PlayerAfricanChieften]

@@fredkite9330 youtube keeps deleting my comment, i wonder if that is dictator ship or not hahaha

[@blackout07blue]

that TikTok ban is not controversial in America. It’s not the data we’re that worried about. It’s that China can manipulate algorithms during elections. That one reporter needs to get more informed.

[@cloudzx1679]

this is bs. govt wants to ban it bcuz they ain't the ones with the popular app gathering citizens data. they also don't want a non us govt regulated app in the mainstream giving out real news/media to the people.

[@brb4903]

You think american electors use tiktok?

[@hloniphanintombela3118]

This got nothing to do with helping ukraine but to boost US arms manufacturers

[@roo1871]

Do they need boosting? I think the Department of defense "misplaced" a few trillion in 2023

[@beasley1232]

@@roo1871while we are 37 trillion dollars in debt STILL overly spending to other countries, add that 95 billion dollars to our growing debt.

[@helenpauls1496]

@@beasley1232Should increase the taxes for the “I have so much money” and MEGA “we are a religious business” people. That will reduce it.

[@azazelzel6954]

And top 1% that are the ones that get 99% of it.

[@azazelzel6954]

@@roo1871 And September 2001 another $2.3 Trillion went missing, then 911 happened, now no one mentions it.

[@JW-do2wc]

They say this will help American companies but will this aid help quell the gas prices or housing or crime or food inflation in America?

[@jonpenguin303]

Maybe you should contact the large corporations that are continuously gouging the American consumer? Or should we send these same corporations large subsidies in the hope they give us a 35 cent break on a gallon of gas? Remember, big money runs this country not our politicians. They are mear pawns getting a cut.

[@glynnsmith4560]

"crucial to shareholders"

[@_ICE_VR]

Aid for Ukraine??? People here are struggling beyond belief!

[@Shokkwavez]

That's why it's good the USA gets to spend that 61bn. It's spend locally, not send to Ukraine lol. You can't eat abrams tanks or stinger missiles you might as well send em to Ukraine for money.

[@TonyM540]

Yea but Russian people are REALLY going to struggle now.

[@nuke_Godjira]

​@@Shokkwavezhow is it benefitial? US just literally throwing away money, as if Ukraine is paying for those equipments lol

[@Emma.Ari123]

​@@Shokkwavez it's basically blood money! Shame!

[@travisbickle2004]

@@nuke_Godjiradon’t worry about it

[@maggiealena]

Johnson will remain speaker of the House. There are enough sane Republicans that understand we must keep doing the peoples business in a bipartisan manner. This individual crap!! Need to be done away with.

[@josephkendall9793]

Love the cheering in our House of Representatives!

[@vistazo9]

It would be interesting indeed to hear details about European Union contribution to the war in Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@Wredd60]

Very disappointed in my country

[@andrewalderman9489]

Russia ? Then you should be.

[@Wredd60]

@@andrewalderman9489 yea I say let Russia have Ukraine again

[@Wredd60]

@@bonnie7898 yes it did

[@dingus6317]

@@bonnie7898 Russia was founded in Ukraine, it used to be called Kievan Rus

[@zhihao1]

@@Wredd60 by that logic, The UK should invade should invade the US to reclaim what once was theirs? dumbass logic Let's go US! Let's go Ukraine!

[@balekesirajyawe3472]

And how much is that so far in total ever since??? And whats the impact?? Some one please help me out here

[@experimentalme7438]

do some research

[@TonyM540]

Certainly, start walking towards Moscow.

[@flopoz2575]

That would be $136 billion US aid so far. Plus a bit more than that from the EU countries. The impact is, that Kremlin's fascist regime is wasting its resources and people fighting a sensless war in Ukraine, instead of already capturing Kyiv and threatening NATO members directly, and therefore no American lives are lost.

[@franciscouderq1100]

@@flopoz2575 fake number , try again

[@robertatkins9419]

@@flopoz2575 IT's precisely not wasting Russia's resources, it's wasting western ones. The leaders of the west are destroying it and themselves, for various bizarre reasons.

[@ethanrichardson126]

the behind closed doors meeting between Cameron and Trump was a success The UK🇬🇧 is the best last chance 🕯️ for democracy in the world 🌎

[@ahmedalsharman]

It US dollar printing machine.

[@Ian-km7ks]

Why don't they spend the money on sorting there own country out?

[@franciscouderq1100]

It s called multi tasking. Have you ever heard of that, surely not at your level of vision.

[@yellowscott]

If we don't stop the grubs of the planet taking over they won't have a country!!! Try looking at the bigger picture!!!

[@JackTheAverage]

@@franciscouderq1100 doing more than one thing at once?!!? Woah hold on there bucko you're making our tiny russpublican brains hurt 🤕

[@MrWannabeartist]

Tell that to the illegitimate Democrats. Wait, Trump is back November. He will fix their mess.

[@fredkite9330]

Are you really so naive? Or it's a joke

[@TonyChico-mv5mo]

This is way past due, I'm just glad that the speaker finally came to his senses and put the bill on the house floor for a vote. As far as Moscow Majorie she is an embarrassment to our country and needs to move herself and her cronies to Russia.

[@2afreedom60]

We're in trillions of debt to China. I didn't work all my life for my taxes to be given to foreign countries while the statue of liberty is shaking her fist.

[@chade7669]

Is is an absolute outrage. It wasn’t due at all. Shouldn’t even receive a penny

[@bradharrison7572]

The homeless and drug addicted in America are absolutely thrilled this money is going to Ukraine.

[@moshdeezzlee4721]

When you stand very close to a big object,you don't see it. Money doesn't fight wars. It's humans on the way.

[@Desheep]

This is a larger scale version of people pumping then dumping gamestop.

[@shamanahaboolist]

I mean not even that sophisticated. Just straight up theft at this point.

[@keke3441]

What's up, tankie loser ? Watched so much Tiktok russian propaganda than the few braincells you had before simply melted away?

[@bigplanett]

Nah, that's what Truth Social is. LMFAO

[@AmjadAliSyd]

the downfall has begun

[@andrewalderman9489]

Then Putin should stay away from windows

[@graemestarnes6561]

MTG - why don't you apologies to Americans for not passing the bill for boarder reform!!!

[@crownvap6340]

Well, the previous 200 -million- billion bought the Flopskiy Counteroffensive. What will 61 billion buy now?

[@blackout07blue]

$61 billion is 30x more money than that. Lol

[@andreiapostu]

​@blackout07blue nice math 😂

[@richardp1095]

Which taxpayers voted for that then?!

[@MrWannabeartist]

Brainwashed Democrat MSNBC, and CNN propaganda viewers.

[@chemophile14]

Vote has nothing to do with election lol. Establishment decides who will be next president,

[@roo1871]

The ones that get tax breaks and own Blackrock I'd guess

[@niv8880]

Probably the ones that don't want US boots on the ground if article 5 is invoked due to Russia going beyond Ukraine. Why, are you a tax dodger?

[@BowAssassin]

need a tissue?

[@user-xq2pl1fp1n]

The United States said that they spent $3 trillion on Afghanistan

[@user-ow6wk8gq3s]

Oh sure everybody would be rhanfull for such gift, but because of this bill several thousands US citizens will suffer due to taxes and inflation, and at the same time more Ukrainians will die!!! Keep strict eye on this money, simply said who would further enrich himself? US take care of your own people !!!

[@dmytroorso]

Thank you America. Generations will thank you. Great history decision. Thank you for standing up. We will do our part and stop this evil so that you don’t need to stop them in years to come

[@TonyM540]

Absolutely! Imagine if we had dropped the ball ….how would we explain to the next generation ?

[@smilingbuddha536]

🤣🤣🤣

[@avex3903]

😂😂😂😂

[@YouTubecanbitemyhairybanger]

​@@TonyM540well you see there was this openly Nazi dictatorship in the most corrupt country in the world. The citizens voted to be part of Russia so the Nazi dictator murdered 50,000 ethnically Russian civilains using his Nazi battalion Azov and provoked Russia for a full 7 years before they got tired and said "you fucked around, now you get to find out" Of course all if this was done after the actor was installed (not elected) by the Obama regime so the Biden crime family could launder money and sell American influence under the table while the big guy gets his 10% Not that hard when you use these things called "facts"

[@jeanclaudejunior]

​@@avex3903shut up

[@alexandreturgeon9831]

Thankssss

[@impossibleisjustanopinion9898]

Everyone should send 10 each. Not #60 from US 5 from UK and Canada!

[@raystroman4473]

Yay?

[@jlee4039]

Can’t stand Mike Johnson. But on this bill, I’ve got to give him credit. He showed courage and leadership. Kudos

[@diegomorata2885]

Money can't buy manpower

[@hairypancake4425]

Money can surely buy more forced conscriptions

[@maxxar92]

Cohort of 14-18 year old girls is still untapped

[@Daxter250]

boy, your comment will age like milk in the coming years. ai controlled weapons ystems are alr a thing and being developed as we speak.

[@dingus6317]

@@maxxar92 That will impact the countries future growth. If they send all the young boys and girls then they will have no country

[@AlanSito-md2ji]

Give them war equipment not money

[@jimmylavc561]

Anyone else noticing how degenerated KZbin comments on news channels are becoming? Used to be the case that it was a bit better than the average twitter discourse but in some ways this is starting to look even worse. I'm so curious as to whether bots are largely responsible or if the average viewer is genuinely this stupid.

[@pixeleye7998]

Yes, I completely agree ! Its definitely gotten worse in recent years

[@jonathanmormerod]

Both. The bots provide the scraps for the stupid people to feed on.

[@captainseadog7600]

Where are my comments just tooof gone ?

[@robmule4647]

The 'Russian bots' are actually regular people like me from the UK. The Ukraine simps are the 🐑 and bots.

[@MrRyder3737]

Lol, a huge amount of this aid will stay in the USA benefiting the manufacturers/suppliers/brokers. This war gonna increase the number of millionaires in the USA. Those weapons only gonna entertain Clownsky's daily video dose on the internet.

[@blackout07blue]

Lol. Calm down lil guy. I’d rather US weapons manufacturers get money than foreign weapons manufacturers.

[@MrRyder3737]

@@blackout07blue hope clownsky and his allies have not ordered new yachts

[@nikyankee1080]

We welcome mister M. JOHNSON ... It's right step of his political life ... We appreciate all Congressmen who supported just now people who fights for future of Worldwide ...