Staff Reports
A staggering half a billion dollars in aid was thrown at Ukraine by the Biden administration in an attempt to prolong a conflict that some are questioning ever had a point. This latest infusion of cash is set to provide Ukraine with an arsenal that includes air defense missiles, the necessary gear for F-16 jets, and various air-to-ground munitions. While President-elect Donald Trump sounds optimistic about brokering peace and wrapping this mess up faster than a used car salesman on commission, Biden’s crew insists that they’re merely trying to give Ukraine the upper hand for when the hammer finally drops in negotiations, if that ever happens.
Of course, Biden’s would-be heart-to-heart meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Italy has been snuffed out faster than a birthday candle in a hurricane, thanks to wildfires tearing through Los Angeles. The flames in California didn’t seem to bother Keith Kellogg, Trump’s proposed envoy to Ukraine and Russia, who took to the airwaves stating a desire to wrap this war up in Trump’s first quarter in office. Unlike those who procrastinate until the last minute, Kellogg appears eager to take action.
Zelenskyy is still holding out hope that NATO will send actual boots onto the battlefield in order to help round up a favorable agreement with Russia. During his Thursday chat at the Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany, he kept asking for NATO troops to put their necks on the line. Meanwhile, Russian officials have made it abundantly clear that any NATO involvement would be interpreted as a declaration of war. So, good luck with that plan, Zelenskyy. Asking for NATO troops in this scenario is like poking the bear with a stick and then being surprised when it gets angry.
🚨 The Biden administration sent approximately $500 million worth of aid to Ukraine on Thursday as the conflict continues to drag on without any clear end in sight.
From: @realnickpope https://t.co/xeJDhorVCG
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) January 9, 2025
As the fighting drags on and both sides seem to be locked in a game of battlefield tug-of-war, the U.S. government has poured an absurd $61.4 billion into Ukrainian military assistance since Russia made its grand invasion in February 2022. When other forms of aid and spending are factored in, that number balloons to a staggering $175 billion. For the sake of comparison, that’s enough money to buy a small army of tanks—or fund a prestigious college education—if the U.S. could get its priorities straight.
As the conflict grimly continues, leaving behind countless casualties and millions displaced, the question looms large: when will the American taxpayer say enough is enough? The bipartisan trend of throwing cash at foreign conflicts without a clear strategy seems to be more popular than ever, but it begs the question: should the U.S. be the world’s ATM in geostrategic disputes, especially when it seems like diplomacy is taking one step forward and two steps back? The future is uncertain, but one thing is for sure: taxpayers would appreciate a little transparency on where their hard-earned dollars are going.
