Their defense of Trump is not only pathetic but abandons the USA Constitution. The expression of support heard over and over today by anyone reaching for a "final straw" in protecting Trump was, "Ukraine received the munitions."
My reply is, "This time."
The ONLY reason Ukraine received the munitions is because of the Whistleblower. Otherwise, Trump would have gotten away with his little scheme to weaken Ukraine's defenses making in roads to increased dangers from Russia.
And I don't want to hear another word about how President Obama never did anything for Ukraine's military. Those statements are racist.
The figures below come from the beloved news station of Republican propaganda, FOX News.
...The Bush administration (click here) gave the least amount of aid to Ukraine, compared (so far) with the Trump administration and the Obama administration. During President George W. Bush’s eight years in office, from 2001 through 2008, the U.S. government provided about $1.1 billion to Ukraine, government figures reveal.Congress almost doubled the amount of aid provided to Ukraine during President Barack Obama’s eight years in the White House, supplying $2.1 billion.
The amount began to spike in 2010 -- the same year that Ukraine held a presidential election. But the biggest jump came between 2015 and 2016. In 2015, the U.S. gave about $314 million to Ukraine; in 2016, that skyrocketed to $523 million, 63 percent of which went toward the military.
The increase came almost two years after an incredibly tumultuous year for Ukraine, which was thrust into a violent revolution in February 2014 when pro-European, anti-Russian protesters marched in the nation’s capital, Kiev, ultimately overthrowing the Ukrainian government and pro-Kremlin leader.
