"One of the things I'm proudest that we've done in this administration is we've told Europe that if you want to buy weapons, you can, but the United States is not buying weapons and sending them to Ukraine anymore," Vance said.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.dk/post/21136626

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on April 14 that he is proud of Washington cutting off funding to Ukraine amid Russian aggression, listing it among the Trump administration’s top achievements.

Speaking at a Turning Point USA event in Athens, Georgia, Vance recalled being confronted by a Ukrainian-American over his calls to halt funding for Ukraine.

“And this person got really agitated at me because I was saying we should stop funding the Ukraine war,” Vance said.

  • mkwt@lemmy.world
    261·
    1 day ago

    You mean the “aid” where we dump off our old military equipment and don’t have to pay to dispose it any more? That aid?

    Or is it just the regular aid, where Congress cuts some fat checks to Northrup, Lockheed, and General Dynamics, and all that money circulates inside the United States?

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
      89·
      1 day ago

      I really hope the citizens eventually realize that we don’t have a two party system. We have a 1 party system, with some of their party cosplaying as the opposition.

        • Mulligrubs@lemmy.worldEnglish
          64·
          1 day ago

          Where’s the nuance? Well, one side is secular, the other is Jesus flavored.

          bOTh are anti-union, pro-billionaire, and anti-democracy, bOtH REFUSE to listen to even their own constituents, let alone independents, and BoTh are for sale regardless of their own proclaimed platforms.

          Ds are now anti-labor (starting in the 90s with NAFTA), some workers in EASTERN EUROPE have better benefits and pay (it’s a little less than USAs minimum, but worth more). Check out the minimum benefits in Poland. We have been surpassed by Poland, even though we are fantastically wealthy in comparison. Let that sink in. That’s how anti-labor they BoTh are.

          Rs are now openly anti-states’ rights, using federal law and budgets to force States to comply; since the 2000s they have increased government size and power without regard for anything that they once stood for.

          … and so on. Are they clones? No. But bOtH are for sale and BoTh ignore their own party members to do what they are paid to do by often (but not always) competing billionaire interests. They aren’t even pro-USA, they are internationalist mercenaries.

          #obvious

          • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            23 hours ago

            It’s the difference between blowing ones foot off versus getting stabbed through the arm. One is far more life threatening and will hobble you for life, the other requires some triage and will feel itchy for years to come. Both are shit but one is still noticeable worse.

            I’m just repeating you in pain terms for TLDR reasons.

  • jeffep@lemmy.world
    23·
    1 day ago

    I so hope this gets sour quickly enough for all of us to enjoy.

    The stupid Iran war has already shown that Ukraine is much more up to date with how current drone war works than the US and Trump is too dumb to see that.

    Once Ukraine has kicked out the Russians and has all the expertise on modern drones wars, the US is going to come begging.

  • zikzak025@lemmy.world
    17·
    1 day ago

    Hopefully Ukraine requires no further US aid. With Orban out of the picture, maybe the EU can finally step up to help in a bigger way.

    • Lodespawn@aussie.zoneEnglish
      93·
      1 day ago

      The new guy is also a right wing peice of shit like Orban … but hopefully he’s not also a Russian asset …

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
        171·
        1 day ago

        a right wing peice of shit

        Centre-right. A marginal improvement isn’t perfection but … it’s an improvement. If an end to cronyist conservatism is the only win we get today, let’s take it; and plan another improvement for next time.

        • Lodespawn@aussie.zoneEnglish
          5·
          1 day ago

          Pretty sure Orban was being marketed as centre right as well, but sure, Magyar seems like a slightly less shitty piece of shit, albeit with many of the same policies as Orban.

          It does seem like the best thing Orban did was to push a large number of Hungarians to engage with their system and yearn for change.