A few months ago, the Senate passed a law offering $95 billion in emergency funding to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, three embattled democracies. But President Mike Johnson blocked the House vote because of opposition from some Republicans who have a strange affinity for Vladimir Putin. and an antipathy towards Ukraine.
This component of What’s Ahead argues that this bill will have to be passed immediately, especially after the attack on Israel. The globalized world craves evidence that the United States is up to the task of leading the fight against Israel’s dangerously escalating aggression. China, Russia, Iran and North Korea.