The president of USA, Joe Bidenreceived the leaders of the White House on Wednesday Congress to promote new aid to Ukrainewhile Republicans insist they must first win major concessions on immigration policy.
Republicans are blocking Democrat Biden’s call for a massive national security package that includes $60 billion in aid for Ukraineassistance for your ally Israel and money that would be used to reinforce the conflictive border between USA and Mexico.
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This comes at a time when vital military aid from Washington for Ukraine’s fight against the Russian invasion has been exhausted.
Biden has made support for Ukraine following the February 2022 Russian invasion a key pillar of his foreign policy and has sought to use it to burnish his world leadership credentials as he seeks re-election in November.
His probable opponent, donald trumpleads hardline Republican movements to put illegal immigration across the border with Mexico at the center of the election, and use Ukraine as leverage to force change.
“I’m going to tell the president what I’m telling all of you, what we’ve told the American people: border, border, border”said the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, Michael Johnsonto journalists before the meeting, according to US media.
Johnson said his party wouldn’t even talk about Ukraine without making concessions on immigration, underscoring the deep partisan divisions fracturing American politics heading into the election.
The president of the House of Representatives He has almost no room for maneuver, since the Republicans only have a very narrow advantage in the House, which gives the far-right faction control of the party’s politics.
However, there were signs of optimism in the Senate, where Democrats have a slim majority.
Both the Democratic senator Chuck Schumer like his republican counterpart Mitch McConnell indicated that a vote on aid to Ukraine, along with changes to immigration policy, was a growing possibility, US media reported.
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Biden’s press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierresaid the president’s attention was focused on restoring aid to pro-Western Ukraine.
“The president’s focus today is on Ukraine and the importance of continuing to support this country in its fight against tyranny and against the aggression of President (Vladimir) Putin”, he declared to reporters.
Ukraine has pleaded for more aid as it tries to push back Russian forces, but growing war fatigue in Western capitals puts the flow of aid in jeopardy.
