'Not a Whole lot of Money'

After Congress approved the new supplemental foreign aid package worth nearly $100 billion, most of which goes to Ukraine, Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell was asked in a Fox News interview if the new aid will be enough money for Ukraine to push Russia back decisively. He said, “We hope so. It’s only .2 percent of our gross domestic product, so to put that in context it’s not a whole lot of money for us.” What an outrageous thing to say. The United States is nearly $35 trillion in debt and American citizens are struggling through record high prices for food, energy, and other necessities. $61 billion is a heck of a lot of money to us, especially considering the over $100 billion we have already spent on Ukraine. The purpose of the question was to determine how much longer the war will last, and how much more money will it cost us. Judging by McConnell’s answer ‘a lot longer’ and ‘much more’. How might Ukraine become the next Vietnam or Afghanistan for the United States? Join the conversation and get answers to this question and more on According2Sam episode #206.