{"id":56761,"date":"2024-10-03T10:13:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T14:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=56761"},"modified":"2024-10-03T10:13:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T14:13:40","slug":"this-is-not-acceptable-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=56761","title":{"rendered":"This Is Not Acceptable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina very hard. It will be a long time before the Blue Ridge Parkway and the roads along the Tennessee border are up and running.\u00a0 It will be a long time before the area recovers economically. There will be a significant death toll by the time the rescue efforts are done. This is a serious blow to our country. So what is the response from the White House?<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2024\/10\/after-giving-175-billion-aid-ukraine-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a> reported the following:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>According to<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/grok\"> Grok<\/a>, the United States has committed approximately $175 billion in aid to Ukraine since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion began in February 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>This figure includes both military and financial aid.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Here\u2019s a brief breakdown from Grok AI:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-rjixqe r-16dba41\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Military Aid<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">: The bulk of the aid has been in the form of military support, which has been crucial for Ukraine\u2019s defense against Russian forces. This includes a wide array of equipment from artillery and ammunition to more advanced systems like anti-aircraft missiles and tanks.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-rjixqe r-16dba41\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Financial Aid<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">: While the exact financial aid amount varies slightly depending on the source, there have been mentions of around $33.3 billion in \u201cbudget support\u201d or direct financial aid, although some posts claim a lower figure like $10 billion when considering solely financial support.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-rjixqe r-16dba41\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Contextual Comparison<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">: Critics and supporters alike have noted that this aid, while significant, represents a relatively small percentage of the U.S. annual budget or GDP. For instance, one comparison highlighted that the aid to Ukraine constitutes about 0.25% of the U.S. GDP for the year it was measured.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-rjixqe r-16dba41\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Public Sentiment and Debate<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">: On platforms like X, there\u2019s a mix of support for the aid, citing reasons like maintaining global security and supporting democracy, and criticism, often focusing on domestic spending priorities or the perceived effectiveness of the aid.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How much is the White House willing to give the victims of Hurricane Helene?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>On Monday Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2024\/09\/joe-biden-tells-americans-suffering-flood-disaster-zone\/\">told suffereing Americans<\/a> in the flood disaster zone, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u201cNo,\u201d<\/span> there won\u2019t be more resources coming\u2026 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u201cWe\u2019ve given them all we can.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Joe Biden also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2024\/09\/i-was-commanding-biden-snaps-reporter-asking-why\/\">snapped at reporters<\/a>, saying, \u201cI was commanding!\u201d when he was asked why he was away from the White House and DC all weekend amid the catastrophic flooding.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>And then later, during a live video feed from the White House, Joe Biden told the American public they need to help the recovery in North Carolina and, \u201cIt\u2019s gonna take a hell of a lot of money.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile President Trump and Elon Musk are doing all they can to help restore communications in the area and to bring in relief supplies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina very hard. It will be a long time before the Blue Ridge Parkway and the roads along the Tennessee border are up and running.\u00a0 It will be a long time before the area recovers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=56761\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15280,2239,11848,17269,118,625,10589,1395,11716],"class_list":["post-56761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-aid-to-ukraine","tag-americans","tag-elon-musk","tag-hurricane-helene","tag-joe-biden","tag-north-carolina","tag-president-trump","tag-tennessee","tag-the-gateway-pundit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56762,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56761\/revisions\/56762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}