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Originally Posted by VitaMan
Massive bombing raids, plunging half the Ukraine population into darkness, without power,
in 20 degree weather.
Is Mr. Trump really planning to settle this within 24 hours of taking office...like he said.
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It looks like the writing is on the wall. Trump and his cronies in congress are going to stop funding Ukraine.
https://archive.ph/rZMIl
“It gets harder and harder every single time, because it can’t last forever,” Representative Dan Crenshaw, Republican of Texas, said of efforts to send more funding to Ukraine.
“The Republicans are dropping off, but keep in mind, a lot of those Republicans are not dropping off because they believe that Russia should win,” he added, concluding that the reason for the exodus was that “they’re scared of the attacks” from Mr. Trump’s supporters.
In that environment, the cadre of G.O.P. lawmakers still openly making the case for Ukraine aid is growing noticeably thinner. In the Senate, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the party’s outgoing leader, and Susan Collins of Maine, who is set to become chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, are expected to continue pressing to supply Ukraine with the financial and military assistance it needs to continue the war. But it is unclear how many others will heed their exhortations to hold the line against Mr. Trump’s efforts to disengage.
In the House, lawmakers who remain unequivocally committed to helping Ukraine are finding themselves in an ever-shrinking minority at odds with Mr. Trump.
“I wish the president had moral clarity on this,” Representative Don Bacon, Republican of Nebraska, said in a recent interview. “So I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I know where I’m standing.”
