That is a lot of money, but those numbers are way off, it’s more like $183 Billion, which is still a lot of money, but a far cry from $350 Billion, which is another Trump lie.
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Congress has appropriated or otherwise made available nearly $183 billion for Operation Atlantic Resolve and the broader Ukraine response. Additionally, the United States provided $20 billion in loans as part of the G7 nations extraordinary revenue acceleration loans initiative. The Special IG for OAR has collected funding data from all 14 Federal agencies that were authorized to receive funds through the Ukraine supplemental appropriation acts, including the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of State (State), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Nearly 70% of the $175 billion in U.S. aid to Ukraine since Russia’s 2022 invasion was spent in the U.S. or on U.S. forces, according to a study by the American Enterprise Institute published in May 2024.
All those weapons that we sent to Ukraine are all made in American factories by American workers.
And that money is all lost. Anything you spend real human labor and real raw materials to build, only to blow up, costs us all. It’s worse than pissing money down a drain.
Where do you get that I’m celebrating anything by pointing out facts and the truth?
Using this logic every US Military base, every person in the military, and all those contractors that produce the bullets, the bombs, the tanks, the ships, the airplanes, etc. etc., are made with “blood money”. I strongly disagree with that logic.
The money spent on Ukraine is only because of Putin invading and pillaging a sovereign country, then raping and killing innocent men women and children, for nothing else than his desire to bring back the USSR.
I’m all for defending Ukraine against that tyranical POS, and IMO Biden failed to give them what they needed when they needed it. Now, Trump evidently wants to just give the entire country to Putin.
I would say it’s good if it’s your lively hood and local economy that depends upon the industries that makes and supports weapons of war.
That and if you believe in peace by strength, protecting our democracy and our way of life.
In saying that, I agree that we spend too much on the Military Industrial Complex, but that’s a subject that needs to be addressed through Congress, they’re the ones who decide what gets spent and where.
The military industrial complex in Texas contributes billions of dollars to the state economy each year. In 2024, Governor Greg Abbott announced that the military installations in Texas had an economic impact of $151.2 billion.
Explanation
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts estimates the economic impact of each military installation in the state.
The economic impact includes direct and indirect jobs, economic output, gross domestic product, and disposable personal income.
The military installations in Texas support local businesses and create jobs in a variety of industries.
The military installations in Texas also play a vital role in strategic national defense.
Some of the military installations in Texas include:
Peace through strength has morphed into something far more sinister and morally bankrupt, much like Congress, which is responsible for making these decisions.
I agree, but if Putin wouldn’t have invaded and pillaged a peaceful sovereign nation, and wasn’t responsible for the rape and murder of innocent men women and children, for nothing else than his desire to bring back the USSR, it wouldn’t be costing us all.
If we don’t stand for something, we stand for nothing.
The United States used to stand for good and stand up against evil. Now we find our dear leader standing with the axis of evil, Russia, North Korea and Iran.