Kickbacks?
President Zelenskyy said last week that he doesn’t know where half of the money is that we gave him. We gave them, I believe, US$350 billion, but let’s say it’s something less than that. But it's a lot. . . Where is all the money that’s been given?
I've never seen an accounting of it.
Sundance comments at Conservative Treehouse,
President Trump seems increasingly close to exposing the truth about the Ukraine war and how U.S. politicians are motivated in their influence positions by the financial benefits of the conflict.
Sundance himself has been naming names. Observing the European security meeting in Munich last week, he said,
The U.S. congressional delegation (CODEL) to the Munich Security Conference consists of key Republicans (DeceptiCons) and corrupt Democrats who fund the Ukraine money laundry. A process that includes kick-backs of the proceeds to the bank accounts of the Republicans and Democrats present.
. . . All of these congressional delegation members receive kickbacks as part of their indulgence package, many sit on the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
Senators include: Chris Murphy, Roger Wicker, Sheldon Whitehouse, Lindsey Graham, John Cornyn, Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons, Thom Tillis, Chris Van Hollen, Joni Ernst, Elissa Slotkin, Adam Schiff, and one more I cannot quite make out, possibly Peter Welch.
Every one of these senators are working against the Trump administration, openly or under cover. Every one!
Roger Wicker was Pete Hegseth’s legislative confirmation guide and the republican Senator who went bananas yesterday when Secretary Hegseth said Ukraine would not gain NATO membership. You will easily remember Joni Ernst immediate opposition to Hegseth also.
Sundance refers to remarks by Trump at a February 12 press conference:
President Trump notes the corruption being outlined is of such a massive number, “billions and billions”, that there is no way these payments do not include kickbacks, likely to politicians. Trump then turns to AG Bondi and remarks that this is something the AG will likely have to look at. “There’s a lot of things to look at Pam.”
. . . “Nobody cares” within the system, President Trump remarks. Saying if that attitude permeates long enough the government “loses control” of the payment process. This appears to be the general finding within the DOGE review of various agencies. The “waste, fraud and abuse,” is a feature of the current process, not a flaw. It appears to be purposeful and happening by design of the runaway government created in the aftermath of Obama and Biden.
President Trump notes the judicial challenges to the DOGE review essentially, give the corrupt officials “time to cover their tracks.”
So far, the legacy media has insisted that these claims are without merit. For instance, Forbes wrote,
Musk claimed while taking questions from reporters at the White House on Tuesday that federal employees, including those at USAID, “managed to accrue tens of millions of dollars” while working for the federal government, accusing them of profiting off of taxpayer money. He did not name names, but said “quite a few people,” whom he called “fraudsters,” were receiving “kickbacks.” Musk offered no evidence of who is getting rich or by how much, and he did not elaborate on specific instances of any criminal activity, including fraud.
. . . There’s no evidence to suggest USAID has engaged in money laundering. On Saturday afternoon, Musk reposted a claim on X that suggested USAID was a “form of money laundering tax payers money into far-left organizations,” adding: “Absolutely,” though neither poster offered sources or factual information. Although Republicans have criticized the organization for alleged wasteful spending, there’s no evidence that USAID was engaging in criminal behavior to support left-wing organizations.
Here's why I think there's something behind the tease -- look at the senators who've been falling into line to confirm every one of Trump's cabinet level nominees. Take, for instance.Joni Ernst:
Ernst, as an advocate for women serving in combat roles and for cracking down on sexual assault in the military, was initially viewed as a Republican senator who would be extremely skeptical of Hegseth’s nomination, given his past statements on women in combat.
“I’m straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles. It hasn’t made us more effective. Hasn’t made us more lethal. Has made fighting more complicated,” Hegseth told podcast host Shawn Ryan in early November.
. . . Senate observers thought Ernst, herself a rape survivor, might have a hard time voting for Hegseth after it was revealed that a woman accused him of sexual assault at a Republican women’s convention in Monterrey, Calif., in 2017.
But notice that Ernst appears on Sundance's list of senators he suspects of getting kickbacks from Ukraine at the link above. She may have wanted to assert her independence from the Orange Man, or she might have wanted to get something more in return for a yes vote, but suddenly she was with the program. And Murkowski and Collins were on board as well -- the only exception has been Mitch McConnell, which is not to say he's sinless -- far from it, I'm sure. But he's a sick man, and Trump can get along without him.This is not the Trump of 2017. He has something on every Republican, and every one of them has been told this.
