Republican Party leader Steve Scalise has said that Mike Johnson, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, is in talks with the White House on financial aid for Ukraine.
Source: European Pravda, citing Associated Press
Details: Scalise told reporters that Johnson and White House officials were discussing a package that would differ from the Senate’s proposed US$95 billion security package and include several Republican demands.Republican Party leader Steve Scalise has said that Mike Johnson, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, is in talks with the White House on financial aid for Ukraine.
Source: European Pravda, citing Associated Press
Details: Scalise told reporters that Johnson and White House officials were discussing a package that would differ from the Senate’s proposed US$95 billion security package and include several Republican demands.
“There’s been no agreement reached. Obviously there would have to [be] an agreement reached not just with the White House, but with our own members,” Scalise said.
In addition, the Republican speaker plans to travel to former US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Friday for a meeting.
Johnson has been in consultations with him over the past few weeks regarding Ukraine funding, aiming to secure his support or, at the very least, prevent him from openly opposing the package, the agency said.
Senator Markwayne Mullin, a Republican from Oklahoma, stated this week that he and Trump had discussed ways to move forward with aid to Ukraine “in-depth” with Johnson.
It is unclear whether Trump will express any political support for the package. Still, Mullin indicated that he hopes the former president will back it, especially now that Johnson’s job is on the line.
Republican Marjorie Taylor Green has issued a threat, stating that she would attempt to remove Johnson from office if he pushes for funding for Ukraine.
Johnson has been in talks with the White House to pass a bill that would structure some of the funding for Kyiv as loans, open the way for the US to access frozen assets belonging to Russia’s central bank, and make other changes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently said that Ukraine would accept a loan from the US in the absence of other options.”There’s been no agreement reached. Obviously there would have to [be] an agreement reached not just with the White House, but with our own members,” Scalise said.
In addition, the Republican speaker plans to travel to former US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Friday for a meeting.
Johnson has been in consultations with him over the past few weeks regarding Ukraine funding, aiming to secure his support or, at the very least, prevent him from openly opposing the package, the agency said.
Senator Markwayne Mullin, a Republican from Oklahoma, stated this week that he and Trump had discussed ways to move forward with aid to Ukraine “in-depth” with Johnson.
It is unclear whether Trump will express any political support for the package. Still, Mullin indicated that he hopes the former president will back it, especially now that Johnson’s job is on the line.
Republican Marjorie Taylor Green has issued a threat, stating that she would attempt to remove Johnson from office if he pushes for funding for Ukraine.
Johnson has been in talks with the White House to pass a bill that would structure some of the funding for Kyiv as loans, open the way for the US to access frozen assets belonging to Russia’s central bank, and make other changes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently said that Ukraine would accept a loan from the US in the absence of other options.
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MTG is an asswipe. Just drop this ugly bitch from the ISS right onto a minefield in DonbASS!
In The Bulwark yesterday, conservative commentator Mona Charen noted that Ukraine president Volodomyr Zelensky this week warned the U.S. that Ukraine will lose the war against Russia’s aggression if it does not get U.S. aid.
“Putin seems to have pulled off the most successful foreign influence operation in American history,” Charen wrote. “If Trump were being blackmailed by Putin it’s hard to imagine how he would behave any differently. And though it started with Trump, it has not ended there. Putin now wields more power over the [Republicans] than anyone other than Trump…. [T]hey mouth Russian disinformation without shame. Putin,” she said, “must be pinching himself.”
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-gop-is-the-party-of-putin
““If Trump were being blackmailed by Putin it’s hard to imagine how he would behave any differently.”
That’s telling, isn’t it? Apply “Occam’s razor”: The simplest explanation that fits the facts is probably the right one. 🤔
Incredible to relate :
Trumpkov is running the GOP and seems simultaneously to be running the US’s foreign policy.
A murderous fascist power is now in spitting distance of the WH.
And to make matters worse, that grandstanding wannabe dictator is just another Lukashenko, a puppet of Putin. In this rerun of the Cold War, the once proud US are led by the Russian bear through the circus manege. Oh how the mighty have fallen! 😖
See? It’s as I repeatedly stated here: It’s useless go try to convince Johnson, he ain’t making the decisions, but Trump. That’s what “consulting” means. He’s simply a minion. 🙄
“In addition, the Republican speaker plans to travel to former US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Friday for a meeting.”
Like a lowly servant, Johnson scrapes his knees in front of his master, asking for advice.
Never before has the House been pushed so low into the gutter. Never before has a part of the United States government become a minion of a fascist regime. Is this what make America great again looks like? Pathetic!
Yeah, it’s obvious that Johnson’s oiling up to brownnose Trump deep and hard. I guess that gives him a fuzzy warm feeling. He’s like a stinky turd. 💩
He’s so deep in Trumps brown hole, he’s lost all sense of how bad he smells.