President Joe Biden recently signed a foreign military aid package, including $61 billion to support Ukraine.
“It’s a difficult road. Everything could have been easier and the aid package passed sooner. But anyway, we did what America has always done.” President Joe Biden spoke when signing a new military aid package on April 24.
At the event, the White House boss commented that this aid package “will make America safer, make the world safer, and will maintain America’s leadership role.” At the same time, he said that Russia “must be responsible for the bloody campaign in Ukraine”.
US President Joe Biden. (Photo: CNN)
This foreign aid package has a total value of up to 95 billion USD, including nearly 61 billion USD in aid to Ukraine, 26 billion USD for Israel and 8 billion USD for the Indo-Pacific. Accordingly, Mr. Biden assessed the Ukrainian army as “a battle-hardened force with a persistent will to win” and criticized Republicans loyal to former president Donald Trump for obstructing the process of passing the bill. support.
The package also includes a bill that opens up the possibility of banning TikTok in the US. Specifically, the bill forces Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest from the application within 9 months, otherwise it will be completely banned in the US.
The aid package was passed after months of intense negotiations, personal lobbying efforts from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and divisions within the Republican Party in the House of Representatives.
Hard-line conservatives in the House of Representatives oppose continued US funding to Kiev and have threatened to seek the ouster of House Speaker Mike Johnson over his handling of the negotiations. At the same time, many Republicans have opposed continued aid to Ukraine because they believe the outcome of the conflict cannot be changed.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said last week that the nearly $61 billion in aid would strengthen Ukraine and “send to Russia a strong signal that this will not be the second Afghanistan.” Meanwhile, the Kremlin declared that the US aid package would not change the situation on the battlefield, emphasizing that this would only cause more damage to Kiev.
Kong Anh (Source: CNN)
