The agreement between the Republicans and the Joe Biden administration, including the provision of military assistance to Ukraine, was in jeopardy due to the influence of Donald Trump. About it reports The Washington Post.
The deal called for tougher U.S. immigration policies on the southern border in exchange for more than $100 billion in security spending, some of which would go toward military aid to Ukraine. According to sources in The Washington Post, Republican Minority Leader in the US Senate Mitch McConnell, during a closed meeting with fellow party members, said that Republicans were close to approving the allocation of this amount, linking this assistance with immigration reform. However, due to Trump’s criticism of the agreement, the opinion of a “significant part” of Republicans has changed.
According to The Washington Post, the proposed reform would make it more difficult for migrants to seek asylum and create a mechanism for “effectively closing the border” on days when “the number of border crossings is especially high.”
“What the Senate is working on now will make no sense from a border security standpoint,” Trump said on the evening of January 25. According to him, the “only hope” of securing the American border is voting for him.
Po information USA Today, immediately after winning the New Hampshire primary, Trump “began pressuring” congressional Republicans to reject the deal. Source HuffPost assertsthat Trump directly approached several Republicans, asking them to “fail” the agreement. According to the publication’s interlocutor, Trump does not want Joe Biden to “chalk up victory” before the presidential election.
Since the fall of 2023, the US Congress has been unable to agree on funding requested by Joe Biden. The US President, in particular, asked to allocate $106 billion for military assistance to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, as well as strengthening the US southern border.
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2024-01-26 11:06:00
