On Monday, PJ Media posted an article about all of the money flowing into Ukraine from American taxpayers. It seems that nearly $100 billion is missing. This might be worth looking into.
The article reports:
Despite the alleged critical nature of this aid, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims that Ukraine has only seen about $76 billion in tangible aid even though the Biden administration authorized around $175 billion to support his war-torn nation.
Zelenskyy’s recent remarks regarding U.S. aid raise eyebrows and call into question where the massive sums of money supposedly allocated to Ukraine have actually gone. This discrepancy should make anyone sit up and take notice.
“When I hear—both in the past and even now—from the U.S. that America has provided Ukraine with hundreds of billions, as the president of a nation at war, I can tell you – we’ve received more than $75 billion,” Zelenskyy said. “We’re talking about tangible things because this aid didn’t come as cash but rather as weapons, which amounted to about $70 billion.”
It gets worse.
“But when it’s said that Ukraine received $200 billion to support the army during the war – that’s not true. I don’t know where all that money went,” Zelenskyy said. “Perhaps it’s true on paper with hundreds of different programmes – I won’t argue, and we’re immensely grateful for everything. But in reality, we received about $76 billion. It’s significant aid, but it’s not $200 billion.”
The article notes:
Zelenskyy mused that perhaps some of the missing funds have been funneled into humanitarian programs he barely knows about. “Perhaps the U.S. President’s administration will audit these programmes and find additional billions.”
I’m not particularly confident in this. An analysis from the American Enterprise Institute last year found that nearly 70% of U.S. aid intended for Ukraine actually funneled back into domestic spending, not to the front lines in Ukraine. Ask yourself why this would happen that way. Was it so the Biden administration could redirect money to wherever it wanted without congressional oversight?
It does feel eerily reminiscent of the Obama administration’s slush fund scandal, where his DOJ allowed corporate settlements to direct funds to left-wing non-profits and organizations, effectively sidestepping congressional oversight. The Trump administration put an end to this practice to enhance accountability in the use of taxpayer dollars, only for Biden to reinstate it on his first day in office.
Let’s do an audit on all of the money sent to Ukraine. The results might be very interesting.