SMT-2 | President Joe Biden delivered his sternest warning yet to congressional Republicans balking at approving more aid to Ukraine: Pay up now or you’ll pay more later, forced to send U.S. troops to fight Russian soldiers when an emboldened Russian President Vladimir Putin moves in on a NATO member country.
“Congress needs to pass supplemental funding for Ukraine before they break for the holiday. It’s as simple as that,” Biden said at the White House as the GOP-led House mulled Biden’s request for $106 billion in emergency spending, including foreign aid.
“Frankly, I think It’s stunning we have gotten to this point in the first place. Republicans in Congress are willing to give Putin the greatest gift he could hope for and abandon our global leadership,” Biden said.