The US House of Representatives’ counteroffensive could succeed where Ukrainian President Zelensky’s flopped.
First, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, under pressure from the more independent Republican Congressional representatives, was asked about the administration’s call for $24 billion more for Ukraine. (By a conservative count, that would bring aid to Ukraine up to around $135 billion in less than 19 months — almost a quarter-billion every day.) He indicated that it wasn’t automatic anymore, saying that he first “has questions” for Zelensky, and that “I don’t think I have to commit anything, and I think I have questions for him. Where’s the accountability on the money we’ve already spent?”
One of those pressing McCarthy is Freedom Caucus member Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), who said: “There’s no money in the House right now for Ukraine. It’s not there. To be blunt, we’re running a $2 trillion deficit. Any money we give to Ukraine, we’re borrowing from our future…. It’s not a good time for him [Zelensky] to be here, quite frankly.”
